Month: May 2019
Stay Present. Here’s how to figure out what’s next…
written by john c ashworth Here’s how to figure out what’s next. Slowly, I’m gettin back on track. Following an emotional roller-coaster of a week last week, I’m carefully rising out of the fog the experience left me in. Here’s a little context… My son graduated from high-school. The day before, my daughter, only a…
Read MoreBill Buckner, All-Star Shadowed by World Series Error, Dies at 69 – The New York Times
Bill Buckner, an outfielder and first baseman whose long, solid career was overshadowed by a crushing error that cost the Boston Red Sox Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the Mets, who went on to win the championship in seven, died on Monday. He was 69. Source: Bill Buckner, All-Star Shadowed by World…
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Here’s what I hope the Ash Flash will do for you…
The goal of my weekly posts to the ash flash is to inspire you in some way. That’s the main goal. In fact, I read something this morning that reinforces this idea. “…that a sense of curiosity and purpose , rather than the mechanistic drive for reward in exchange of effort, is the richest animating…
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The Rewards of Being a Salesman – Part 1
Here’s what being a salesman means to me – Click here for Part 2 written by john c ashworth I have often felt stymied by that question, “what would you do, John, if you no longer needed to earn a living anymore?” What would you do with your time and your days if money was…
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Doris Day Remembered: The People’s Actor – The Atlantic
In 1994, years after Day’s retirement and near-total withdrawal from the public scene, she released The Love Album, a collection of classic standards she had recorded and shelved 27 years earlier. “We should not underestimate the quality of her voice,” the film historian David Thomson once wrote. “Not only was she a fine singer, technically, but…
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