Word for the Week — August 24, 2026

Word for the Week — August 24, 2026

I sure is nice to be home for a while. I love to travel, but being home for about 12 weeks straight will help prepare me for the upcoming competition season when I’ll be gone a lot of the time again. I will post the tournaments I’m heading to as I get them...
Word for the Week — August 17, 2026

Word for the Week — August 17, 2026

It was a great summer of camps, but I am happy to be home. I was away for two full weeks, and that was a bit exhausting, esp. when I flew from San Jose, CA to Jacksonville, FL a week ago Sunday, then had to get up the next morning essentially 3 hours earlier and start...
Word for the Week — August 10, 2026

Word for the Week — August 10, 2026

I am in Jacksonville, FL for my last camp of the summer. It has been a great set of camps, and the students have been wonderful. But it is time to get back to my family. I will have been gone for two weeks straight, with last week being my 41st wedding anniversary. I...
Word for the Week — August 3, 2026

Word for the Week — August 3, 2026

Today, Monday, August 3, is the 41st Anniversary for my wife and I. Can you believe she has put up with me for 41 years? She is a strong woman. We are celebrating this milestone by me being in California doing a Monument Camp. This is how we have celebrated the last 4...
Word for the Week — July 27, 2026

Word for the Week — July 27, 2026

This has been a harder last few days than I have had in a while. Not physically. My physical heart is doing great still. Emotionally, it has been tough.  This past Saturday, one of my daughters came into my office. She looked very upset and asked to talk to me....