Body I’m so old I remember a world before cell phones. A world where, if you were away from home and needed to make a call, you used an ancient invention called the “pay phone.

Body My dad spoke in my ear Sunday while I was in church. In one sense this is not an unusual occurrence. Dad had a tremendous positive influence on me. I say “had” because Dad passed away several years ago.

Body Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. In a few weeks baseball’s Spring Training is supposed to start.

Body It was a warm soft summer night in 1947 and I was walking home. I saw 5 of my peers sitting in front of the Main Café. Just sitting there. Their feet somewhat appropriately in the gutter. I detoured and joined them. I noticed one thing different though.

Body I’m not very good with numbers. That’s why I went to law school. They told me there wouldn’t be any math. But accountants know about numbers and when my accountant, Mike Bell, talks numbers, I listen carefully.

Body Sometimes you just can’t win. I remember long ago when I was in the Navy. We had just completed a port call in Yokosuka, Japan. Its duration was two weeks but the first day we pulled out I saw this real long line of sailors on the hanger deck.

Body The time for New Year’s Resolutions is past, but it is never too late to share some thoughts about how to improve the quality of our lives, no matter which birthday we have or will celebrate.

Body My wife and I recently watched a documentary about the British royal family in the years just before World War II. The Duke of Windsor had been made King but then abdicated his throne because he wanted to marry an American divorcee named Wallis Simpson.

Body When Will It End? For the past two years this has been the question. Will this covid thing ever end? We can look back to the 1940s and 50s for guidance.

Body While out walking around enjoying the crisp fall weather one evening, we decided to go to a local coffee shop for a hot drink. Renie found an empty table while Andy ordered for both of us. He is very aware that she has a definite issue with caffeine, it can cause a lot of grief.