by Mark Michniak | Sep 29, 2019 | Author, Mark Michniak, Spirituality
Saying Good-Bye (to a Baseball Coach?) by Mark Michniak In Chicago there is an internal baseball rivalry between the Northside Cubs and the Southside White Sox. In our house growing-up, my parents, siblings, and I were all loyal Cubs fans. If invited, we would attend...
by Mark Michniak | Sep 16, 2019 | Author, Mark Michniak, Spirituality
Furry Friends for a Longer Life Our house has two inhabitants that are non-human and furry: Our 7 year-old Border Collie Lucy and our 2-1/2 year old Guinea Pig Coco. They are warm, cuddly creatures who are spoiled by every human inhabitant of this house and are just...
by Mark Michniak | Sep 8, 2019 | Author, Mark Michniak, Spirituality
Too Much Cleanliness? by Mark Michniak I am a bit of a clean freak. That is a self-described diagnosis, but my wife and daughters would swiftly agree with me. Every weekend, I spend about one and a half to two hours cleaning our house. I grab our container of cleaning...
by Mark Michniak | Sep 1, 2019 | Author, Mark Michniak, Spirituality
I love living in a time and country in which we have choices. Today, my wife and I took our youngest to a World K-9 Frisbee Championships near our house. It was absolutely amazing to watch these handlers and their dogs do these fantastic things with frisbees! The...
by Mark Michniak | Aug 25, 2019 | Author, Family, Mark Michniak
Pets are Family Too by Mark Michniak Our family consists of myself, my wife, our oldest who is 14, and our youngest who is 8. Our family also is made-up of two fury creatures: a Border Collie named Lucy who is 7 years old and Guinea Pig named Coco. When people say...
by Mark Michniak | Aug 17, 2019 | Author, Health Wellness, Mark Michniak
No Self-Diagnosis by Mark Michniak In a previous blog or two, I had reported that I had started a regular physical fitness routine that involved a cardio-physical workout. I began this workout in December 2018 and was pretty religious about doing this every week, 2-3...