Enjoy the journey: Birthday gift for my wife took time to complete, but I know it will pay off

After nearly 34 years together, I was proud and happy to consider what to give my wife for her 60th birthday.

Enjoy the journey: Be an advocate when it comes to your dental care

I was thinking about two types of professionals - umpires and dentists - as I read recent stories about dentistry in the Arizona Daily Star and followed them in other media outlets.

Enjoy the journey: Break out the platform shoes and bell-bottoms: The disco era is back

Debbie and I are baby boomers, so we were teenagers in the 1960s and early '70s. For those of you who recall that time, it was the heyday of discos and dancing. Remember "Saturday Night Fever," the iconic disco movie set in Brooklyn?

Enjoy the journey: Don't miss Ariz. Distance Classic on Sunday

I love this time of year because I get to write about one of the most fun-filled events in our community.

Enjoy the journey: Capitol visit gives fresh perspective

Medical advances in delivery systems, corporate dentistry and emergency dentistry/medicine were on my mind as I drove to the state capital in Phoenix on a recent Wednesday morning.

Enjoy the journey: To lose weight, try my little-at-a-time approach

"Do not try to lose 35 pounds!"

Enjoy the journey: Jeff Grant came through when Amphi, OV needed him

When Debbie and I read the news of the death of Jeff Grant, longtime Amphitheater Public Schools Governing Board member, we reacted with the same disheartened countenance combined with a dollop of denial and, for me, a little fright.

Enjoy the journey: A trip for the holiday brings home its own gifts

Even though we got to see Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose over the holidays, home is still a very special place in this world.

Enjoy the journey: Turbulent 2012 has left me feeling humbled yet hopeful

Have we been humbled enough?

Enjoy the journey: Music from the past: tears and inspiration

Bob Norman Entertainment consists of Norm Beasley and his wife, MJ.

Enjoy the journey: Music from the past: tears and inspiration

There are precious few moments when we are lifted from the everyday and transported to a special place in our minds where the memory will live forever.

Enjoy the journey: When I look at Bill Gibson, 99, I see promise of age

It's cake time again for Bill Gibson, who is vibrant at age 99. He was with his daughter Barbara Jones.

Enjoy the journey: When I look at Bill Gibson, 99, I see promise of age

His gaze says it all.

Enjoy the journey: Healthful habits help us handle ever-changing lives

It would come like a small tightness in my tummy - not pain or discomfort but more like a questionable feeling.

Harvest for Hope walk/run in OV to benefit food bank

A couple of weeks ago I visited my "supplier" to try out some new sneakers. I was chatting with store owner John Corbett when I had to remind him about the kind of luck he's been having.

Enjoy the journey: Medical treatments just keep getting better

As a dentist, being a health-care provider has proven to be a valuable asset for me when discussing the inevitable aging process with friends I've known since my teenage years.

Enjoy the journey: Activist for Amphi district, community will be missed

Sometimes you just stand there exhausted and say to God, "OK. How are you going to get me out of this one? Where is the secret trap door or the hidden parachute?"

Enjoy the journey: Son's successes confirm move to OV was right

Our son Philip called us on July 24 with news that would change our family forever: Next month he will be inducted into the U.S. Air Force as a second lieutenant.

Enjoy the journey: Abuse victims' healing starts with listening

For me, the trial of Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant Penn State University coach convicted on Friday of molesting 10 boys over 15 years, was about bravery - being brave enough to listen to the boys' accounts, brave enough to read about it and brave enough to understand it to the point t…