Tag Archives: Personal

I looked up what this birthday might be in Latin. I'm reliably informed it would be 'quinquaginta tria.' Say that fast three times!

The last surviving aunt on my mother's side, my Aunt Jackie, passed away at the age of 89 earlier this week.

I learned my Aunt Gwen, who played a big part in my childhood, passed away late last week at the age of 92.

Have you ever considered how much faith you exert — even if you're not a 'person of faith' — that there's always more time waiting?

I reached a significant career milestone last week: I marked 30 years in TV. It's been a wild ride I hope won't end soon.

Many of us take the time on a day like Thanksgiving to count our blessings and things we're thankful for. That should be true even in 2020.

This might be 2020's only Monday I'm looking forward to because it's my 51st birthday. I can stop worrying about the big 5-0 hanging over me.

In some ways, I find it hard to believe it's been five years since the Charleston church shooting. But somehow, it's still too recent a tragedy.

The store where I worked my first job, the Kmart in West Columbia, is scheduled to close its doors for the last time this weekend.

Here's the 7th set in my ongoing Patrick's 100 Movies where I pick my favorite films. Making a list like this is definitely harder than you'd think.

Here's the sixth set of movies in my onging Patrick's 100 Movies. I hope you're finding some of your favorites on this list!

A team-building exercise prompted me to take a personality test to determine which of nine types I am. But can one test tell the whole story?

For most churches, being baptized is a critical step. When I was a kid, the fact that I hadn't been by the time I was in grade school raised eyebrows.

Retailers Sears and Kmart, once giants in the industry, are in such bad shape that their closure is imminent, according to investment experts.

One of my aunts, one of those relatives I've known as long as I can remember, passed away Thursday morning.

My first job was running a cash register at Kmart, a company that I've watched slide into financial trouble over...