Showing posts with label grateful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grateful. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Goodreads Giveaway---The China Connection
Beginning January 26, you can win an e-book copy of my latest political thriller, The China Connection. Just go to Goodreads Giveaway and enter. It's that easy. If you do win a copy, I only ask that you write a review on Goodreads and/or Amazon. I would be extremely grateful. Thanks.
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Praise for "Dead in the Water"
My mystery novel, Dead in the Water, has received some excellent reviews and for those, I could not be more grateful. One of those very recent reviews was particularly kind. In the review, the reviewer described as an avid reader opined "Mr Basinski may now join the ranks of Gresham, Donnelley, and Turow."
Friday, September 12, 2014
Living the Dream
Although the name of this blog is "Not Just for Boomers," occasionally I like to write to the boomers out there like myself. This is one of those posts that is directed mostly at boomers. But I do think it will resonate with just about everyone.
As I wrote in my recent post, "Hidden Gem: Cape May, New Jersey," my wife and I recently spent a wonderful two days in Cape May. During our visit there, we ate twice at the Lobster House restaurant, where the seafood and service were both excellent. During our second visit to the restaurant, we sat next to a couple that appeared to be a lot like us, retired boomers on vacation. During the course of our meal, I happened to overhear the following conversation between the husband and his son who was on the other end of the phone:
"Hi son, yeah we are down here in Cape May at the Lobster House having dinner. How are
we doing? Son, I can only say one thing: 'We're living the dream.'"
Of course, I could only hear one side of the conversation, but I was simply wowed by what I heard.
And, by the way, if you happen to be that couple and you read this I apologize for eavesdropping, but I just had to share your comment.
"Living the Dream, " what a great thought! Too often we get bogged down in the bad things that happen to us. We end up complaining to our friends or spouse about those aches and pains, physical and emotional, that we all suffer as we grow older. Now, here is a man who probably has had his fair share of those trial and tribulations, but he is grateful for the life he has. That is something definitely worth remembering. We all have things for which we should be grateful: a loving spouse, a wonderful child or grandchild, or maybe it's just waking up in the morning with all your parts still in order.
As I wrote in my recent post, "Hidden Gem: Cape May, New Jersey," my wife and I recently spent a wonderful two days in Cape May. During our visit there, we ate twice at the Lobster House restaurant, where the seafood and service were both excellent. During our second visit to the restaurant, we sat next to a couple that appeared to be a lot like us, retired boomers on vacation. During the course of our meal, I happened to overhear the following conversation between the husband and his son who was on the other end of the phone:
"Hi son, yeah we are down here in Cape May at the Lobster House having dinner. How are
we doing? Son, I can only say one thing: 'We're living the dream.'"
Of course, I could only hear one side of the conversation, but I was simply wowed by what I heard.
And, by the way, if you happen to be that couple and you read this I apologize for eavesdropping, but I just had to share your comment.
"Living the Dream, " what a great thought! Too often we get bogged down in the bad things that happen to us. We end up complaining to our friends or spouse about those aches and pains, physical and emotional, that we all suffer as we grow older. Now, here is a man who probably has had his fair share of those trial and tribulations, but he is grateful for the life he has. That is something definitely worth remembering. We all have things for which we should be grateful: a loving spouse, a wonderful child or grandchild, or maybe it's just waking up in the morning with all your parts still in order.
Subscribe to:
Posts
(
Atom
)