Author Archives: John Schroeder

About John Schroeder

A spiritual pilgrim...who also happens to be a professional writer...one who enjoys sharing stories of his encounters along the way. Most days, those encounters are occurring in and around my community in Manchester, MO (St. Joseph Parish). For more about my commercial experience, see my Personal Links below. http://www.corpwrite.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/corpwrite https://withusstill.wordpress.com/

Today’s find: Hope

Posted on December 4, 2022 by John Schroeder

“Well, this is weird,” I said to myself…because there was absolutely no one else in the room with me, watching a recent World Cup match on TV.

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Today’s find: Obscured

Posted on November 27, 2022 by John Schroeder

In my haste, I was sorely tempted to do something truly foolish the other morning.

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Today’s find: Static cling

Posted on November 21, 2022 by John Schroeder

To their delight, the Grandsons took in an unexpected lesson in static electricity the other day.

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Today’s find: Kintsugi

Posted on November 13, 2022 by John Schroeder

Perhaps not surprisingly, our matriarch’s 95th birthday celebration morphed into a time of “family archeology” the other day.

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Today’s find: Notice

Posted on November 6, 2022 by John Schroeder

For a moment or two, I had the disturbing feeling that I’d been forced to time-travel – transported against my will to “caveman days.”

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Today’s find: Paywall

Posted on October 30, 2022 by John Schroeder

I think I might be forgiven…for resenting this latest attempt at extortion.

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Today’s find: Pumpkin Spice

Posted on October 23, 2022 by John Schroeder

Our “porch pumpkin” didn’t quite make it to Halloween.

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Today’s find: Not Sorry

Posted on October 17, 2022 by John Schroeder

“Sorry, dear Granddaughter. But sometimes, life just isn’t fair.”

If only I’d been this gracious and wise when my luck turned (and hers soured) the other day.

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Today’s find: Blowout

Posted on October 9, 2022 by John Schroeder

“Well, at least we didn’t pay $50 to park.”

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Today’s find: Unprofitable

Posted on October 2, 2022 by John Schroeder

I wrapped up an excellent year in the Golf League on Friday afternoon. Not that anyone seemed to notice.

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