This podcast is about the people and events that have influenced our lives enough to cause us to remember the stories of how and when these memorable situation took place.
#20 – A BLIND CHILD AND AN OPEN CAN OF OIL BASED PAINT
Well, I was only six. I had not then, nor have I yet, reached visual, artistic notoriety. Given the experience you're about to hear, I dare say, I never will. There were many things in our basement that give ample proof of that. Of course, none of them were mine or my sister Linda's toys.
Just imagine an assortment of household objects that should never be anywhere close to a paint brush, especially when such a weapon was wielded by a blind six year old.
Never fear, my house painting sign will never show up in your neighborhood.
That, is a very good thing.
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15 Oct 2026
#19 – THE GIANT
Episode Notes
My transition from undergraduate school to graduate school was one of the most educational and also frightening experiences I had up to that point in my life.
It wasn't so much the transition as much as it was the events that took place during that transition.
Podcast gurus suggest that one tell the audience exactly what will be talked about in a podcast. But, that's not how it happens in life.
You aren't given a list of things that will confront you in your life. You face that life head on. Day after day you experience things that make you wiser, that cause you to smile, that make you sad, and sometimes, there are things that cause you to know fear unlike any you have ever experienced before.
I want you to be in my stories just as I was; totally unprepared for what comes next. Be surprised, amazed and afraid just as I was, because you are right there with me as the story unfolds.
Press the Play button and our adventure will begin.
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1 Oct 2026
#18 – I SPENT 2 YEARS AS ONE OF HIS STUDENTS
Dr. Paul Richardson. You gently reached inside my mind and heart and helped me understand how I would relate to people for the rest of my life. Your classes in Sociology gave me reason to ponder what I might do to help reduce tension between people with very different ideas about how they need things to be.
Time will tell how well I have done my job. Without your mentoring, however, I would have never made that choice.
So, Dr. Richardson, I will do my best to relate to others as I would hope they relate to me. Perhaps I'll just continue to remember the wisdom and friendship you shared with me. That will take me a long long way.
I'm very glad I had the chance to tell you how much you had changed my life. Today, I only wish you knew how much that really was.
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