I'm Just Tawkin

I am a Roma Catholic by birth. While I'm not a good practicing one, Pope Leo IV is my spiritual leader. He wants the Church to be inclusive and I couldn't be happier or proud to be a Catholic. Take a listen.

I went back home to NY and made a stop in PA. I try to Tawk about how different it is.

If you were to strip down the story of the resurrection you would find it has a simple message. A message of falling and getting back up. A message about Never Giving Up!

As I have tried to get my over grown trees trimmed I was left with piles of branches and limbs that will not fit in one green waste bin. So my mind goes to how can I consolidate and create a better yield with what I have. This starts the thoughts for this episode.

Even though I got some household things done today I still feel like I didn't do enough. The time investment in the house is never enough time invested. Do you feel the same way?

Have we been programmed to live for the weekend? I love what I do, but the world seems to revolve around the weekend. Listen to me Tawk about it.

A young family members passing gives me another reason to reflect on spending time with the ones you love. Listen to me Tawk through this process.

WWE great John Cena turned heel, bad guy, for those not up on the lingo. This character change is all theatrics. Can we take some pieces of this to reinvent ourselves late in life? Listen to me Tawk about it.

I wonder aloud if I becoming antisocial, less trusting or just don't have much to Tawk about with anyone.

I have been trying to build my Tik Tok and wonder out loud the temperature of social media is really social at all. Can I build without fancy videos and just be myself?

I am a GenXer. Listen to my thoughts on where we should have taken the country and the things we helped make a possibility.

Free agency in baseball and the NLF conference championship games got me thinking. Athletes have ways to quantify their value but teams don't always value the same. We as regular people need to set our value in different ways.

Tik Tok was all but dead then it wasn't. Rich guys are all of a sudden political figures. Snoop gets a Not Fa Nothing by playing for that orange dude.

Do your adult kids expect bday presents? What do you give them? The fires that are destroying California are more of political battle rather than a chance to come together for each other.

Just when I thought I had my fill of political news to talk about. There is an effort underway to end DEI policies. I feel strongly about DEI so I had to touch on it.

A change in the year always brings hopes of a fresh start. I want to build on how this year ended. Be simple in my approach to one big goal. Listen to see my advice, you didn't ask for, on how approaching the new year.

Luigi, no not that Luigi, has been accused of killing health care CEO Brian Thomas. The public support for Luigi and his Italian-American heritage give me all kinds of conflicting feelings. Here me tawk about it.

I made a contract with myself to not drink in November. Listen to why and what it taught me.

Once again a run gave me some clarity. Even though it was raining the sun found it's way through. When do you put up your tree? Does the tree jump start your holiday season or are you like me and wait not matter when the tree goes up?

After Trump won again I had a hard time with it. As the days have worn on it has gotten worse. In the first 9 plus minutes I have a hard time articulating. After that you'll hear why I still can't believe 76 million people chose this person.

While on a cross country trek with my elderly mother who uses needed a wheelchair in the airport, I came across 2 generous women and many kind hearted service people. These people restored my faith in humanity. Listen, like, share, comment, critique .

The title says it. Italian-American heritage is just that a blend of Italian traditions, regional Italian customs and American pride for the adopted country of our ancestors who took the journey for a better life.

I drive all over northern California 5 days per week. While trying to find my way around traffic jams some dawned on me. I might be taking longer to avoid the traffic. Listen to how I figure this might be a better philosophy to sometimes endure the traffic in our lives.

Today is the first day of fall but boy it sure feels like summers still. The fall of err Update on Diddy. Listen, like, share, comment, complain whatever you want to do.

It being September 15th I wanted to tawk about why this day is special. In more ways than one. I also tawk about my alcohol free weekend. A short episode to get these things off my chest. Like, comment, save, subscribe or tell me I'm terrible. Most of all listen. Respect, Unity, Love and Equality.