The Thrivalist

Crows caw loudly over the glistening frost laden fields as the last day of the year emerges. The pond reflects the bright glow of the morning sun like a mirror blanketed with a spotlight. Here the year is ending with a sunny but crisply chilly day. The sunshine reminds one of the bright spots during […]

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A Pause To Remember

November 14, 2013

Tom Millner

Origional posting 11/14/2013 The audience burst forth in thunderous applause as the first act of the classic opera La Boheme drew to an end. That night in 1980 at The Metropolitan Opera was mesmerizing. We had just a few months before sung in the chorus of the Amato Opera in the Bowery. Although our performances […]

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All Things Not Equal

November 13, 2013

Tom Millner

Trees, pastures and homes of childhood friends whisked by as the trusted Jeep and I were bound for morning errands. News on the radio flashed from the unimaginable devastation in the Philippines and the tragic loss of life there to the petty chaos erupting in a Toronto town council meeting over a drug using and […]

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From The Past

October 29, 2013

Tom Millner

As the reception tent was being dismantled, Gracie the Golden pup was nosing her way into each person’s attention. Suddenly, from a car that just pulled behind the tent transport truck came a lady I didn’t recognize. As she approached, having maneuvered around the ever more excited pup, she looked at me and called my […]

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Anticipation

October 22, 2013

Tom Millner

Soon this quiet place called home will be bustling with the charm and chatter of arriving guests. The house and yard are being prepared for the tide of family and friends who will come to celebrate the legal and spiritual union of my son and his lovely and loving soon to be wife. While the […]

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Along The Way

October 15, 2013

Tom Millner

It had been a long flight from Kennedy Airport in New York. The Pan Am jumbo jet descended toward the runway in Cairo as I saw in the distance the majestic pyramids rising from the desert floor. We were delayed there for about an hour as authorities conducted a search for an unknown parcel. After […]

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A Changed Agenda

October 4, 2013

Tom Millner

Original posting 10/4/2013 The management training session in Mexico City had been a success and I was headed to Miami to celebrate Chad’s (my oldest son) eleventh birthday. I had a two day respite in Florida before returning to New England to prepare for the next trip to Hong Kong by way of Manila. The […]

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Along The Journey

October 2, 2013

Tom Millner

The street was cluttered with rickshaws, bicycles, and cars that were trying to navigate the passage to their destination that morning in what was then known as Bombay, India. The smell of diesel fumes and incense wafted into the taxi transporting the snugly secured Ahsha (my daughter) fastened around my neck and chest. We had […]

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After The Storm

October 1, 2013

Tom Millner

Origional posting 10/1/2013 Hurricane Gloria roared across Long Island and the expanse of the Sound to slam onto the Connecticut shore. It was late in September of 1985 when nature showed only a portion of her majesty. Silt and debris blanketed our once thriving and lush Bayview lawn. Only a trickle of water had seeped […]

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Love’s Response

September 23, 2013

Tom Millner

Original post date 09/23/2013 Recently I witnessed someone declare that they loved this one person so much they would die for them. The declaration was meant to be an attestation of the level of unrequited adoration felt for the one who was the object of his love. As I pondered that somewhat romantic but nonetheless […]