HI 

The handshake 

has been around 

for at least 

some 100,000 years,

so,  “Hi!”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

January 4, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“Regrets are as personal as fingerprints.”  

Margaret Culkin Banning, 

“Living With Regrets,”  

Readers Digest, October 1958

January 3, 2019

SUGAR  AND  SALT

Sort of invisible 

especially when I 
fall to the floor -
but when I’m on your fries 

or in your coffee - 

you'll  know I’m here. 

Well, then, how do you want me? 

Sweet or salty?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

January  3, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“Today the ringing of the telephone takes precedence over  everything. It reaches a point of terrorism, particularly at dinnertime.”  

Nieles Diffrient, 

New York Times, 

October 16,  1986

Notice this was 

before big time 

cell phone time.

LISTENING  TO  EACH  OTHER

We’re not the only one on the road.

Now that’s a line we often forget.

And these other people on the road

are not as good a driver as I am.

Next, there’s the question of perception.

We think the other person is too fast

or too slow, depending on the person

in our seat and whether we’re in a hurry.

Then there are the accidents. We hit the

other person's car or cow or fence.

Then there’s the conversation - often

made in the heat of battle. Listen to

how many times we say “listen” when

we’re not listening to each other.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

January  2, 2019 

Thought for today: 

“Work is a powerful medicine.” 

St. John Chrysostom [c. 347-407] 

in a Homily.

January 1, 2019

 "Judy Garland told Liza Minelli, 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, not a second-rate version of someone else."

Quoted today on page B 5 

of the Annapolis Capital,

January 1, 2019