Chester’s Tips for Success

There is a universal catch phrase that resounds deeply in almost every culture around the world—“Follow your dreams.” I’ve seen or heard it during my time in Germany, China, America and Japan. What I find ironic is that this phrase is so often attached to some advertisement or promotion of a product, company or [...]

I started an article with this title, but since I haven’t gotten very far with it I figured I would write a shorter blog entry on this topic and expand from there. This is going back to my last blog entry
Some R&R - Rest and Reflection, where I made the point that every person has [...]

Today is my first day of rest since the Saga International Balloon Fiesta began ten days ago. It’s nice to be able to take a nice breather and wake up at a normal hour (7am instead of 5am) but I do miss the fun of waking up early to see the sun rise as [...]