Over half way through January?

HeroicStories Podcast

Time continues to fly… It’s hard to believe that we’re already through Christmas and the New Year, with the end of January already in sight! Given the current political climate – both here in the U.S. and world wide – it seems like HeroicStories continues to be needed more than ever to remind us that, … Read more

Holiday Heroics

HeroicStories Podcast

Is it Christmas time already? Christmas time, or whatever holiday time you may celebrate, (even if it’s the holy holiday of “Friday” 🙂 ), is upon us already. Seems like just a few weeks ago we were celebrating the new year, then spring and summer flew by. All of a sudden it’s the shortest day … Read more

So much to give thanks for….

Happy Thanksgiving! In the United States, at least, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, a day we set aside to give thanks for all that life has brought us. (In the rest of the world it’s just another Thursday. 🙂 Hopefully you won’t mind if we give a little thanks anyway…) Here at HeroicStories we have so … Read more

HeroicStories Book Special & This Months Stories

Welcome to the every-month-or-so review of recently published HeroicStories! As you may or may not know, the “deal” with HeroicStories is that I run the website and publish the stories, while the founder – Randy Cassingham – handles publishing paperback books. Contrary to what appears to be a common misunderstanding, he’s not involved in the day-to-day … Read more

The End of Summer Approaches

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Summer is drawing to an end. I was reminded of this fact just this last weekend as we were trailer-camping in a state park not far from our home when a storm blew in from the Pacific, knocking down trees and disrupting power. We were unaffected, other than losing power at our campsite for the last … Read more

Paying it forward….

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I found it fascinating that a couple of our stories these last few weeks have reminded us of both “paying it forward”, as well as the power of Random Acts of Kindness (or RAKs as some of my friends call ’em). They have a surprising and wonderfully positive effect, not only on the recipient, but … Read more

Followups and Counter Examples

Happy Spring! Thanks to all who responded to my question about podcasts last time. While it was heartening to see that so many of you value reading HeroicStories, my question was actually specifically about the audio podcast version. While I did get a few responses it’s unclear whether the podcast will continue to make sense in … Read more