WRIGHTS LANE

A week or so ago I asked a friend about the health of his elderly father who lives in a small town on the northern shores of Lake Erie. He s...

Hate waking up in the morning? .. . QUOTE OF THE DAY by my grandson Joshua Miguel Rocha on Facebook: "If you didn't wake up wouldn...

My last post (item below) was the result of rationalization on a depressed, discouraged frame of mind after a much anticipated and well-inte...

I find a measure of encouragement in my "horrorscope" for today. PISCES: If you can learn how to use your sense of humour to defu...

Good intentions can fall short . I just never learn! I have a tendency to put too much of myself into my undertakings and then when thing...

Click graphic for enlarged view. I have refrained from using Wrights Lane to discuss political issues, but I am breaking from precedent wi...

Boyhood heroes ...then and now I write this post for a couple of my friends who are die-hard baseball fans and grew up with me in Dresden ...

"Within yourself lies the cause of whatever enters into life. To come into the full realization of your own awakened interior powers, i...

W e in North America today are enjoying the greatest freedom our revolving and evolving world has ever known. Sounds encouraging, doesn'...

T he British Medical Journal once put it this way: " There is not a tissue in the human body wholly removed from the influence of the s...

W e often speak of objective proper behavior or a non-subjective attitude toward the outside world. Most physicists , psychologists and phys...

P leased to see that the Baseball Canada Network has picked up two of my recent baseball stories -- The Two Larry Balkwill's and The Bo...

"If you can start the day without caffeine, live without complaining, eat the same food every day and be grateful, relax without a cock...

N ot to worry! Pappy's head is not stuck between the banister rails. In fact she likes it there. She squeezes her head into the unusu...

Rising star makes dad very proud T ake a close look at the accompanying photo. What do you see? . I'll tell you what I see! . I see a f...

Passion: An emotion applied to a very strong feeling or desire. Intense, compelling, enthusiastic. The Passion Flower (right) was named by S...

Cover of sheet music for the 1914 publication of "Home Sweet Home", composed by Henry Bishop, lyrics by John Howard Payne. -------...

I feel compelled to take one more kick at the can before leaving the subject of coaching and youth. I have written and talked extensively o...

I am introducing a new blog site today, "A Boy Who Made A Big Catch". .LAD This is a story about a 14-year-old lad that I took und...

Mr. Fastball personified B ill was a robust 12-year-old, just a little on the heavy side and big for his age. He lived with his parents acr...