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Will Kester is a pseudonym and my birth name. I was adopted and my name changed, so now I write as Will Kester. Maybe someday I'll hear from a relative, or maybe not. In the meantime, having a pseudonym gives me the freedom to write with some degree of separation

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Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: When I realized I was meant to be a writer: 1 of 54

I was young when I decided I enjoyed writing, twenty-three years old to be exact. I was in the Saudi Arabian desert, with nothing to do but wait for the oil drilling job to be ready for me to work, and read the bad paperback, pulp westerns and mysteries the oil drilling crew had on site. I have been a voracious reader since ...
Jobs & Careers > Employers The importance of teamwork in the company: 1 of 25

There have been surges in corporate management seminars about "team" and what they say in the seminars is usually true. What happens is that after the training, the employees and managers return to work, building their team around themselves, for their benefit, and the team concept gets lost in the dog-eat-dog world of corpo...
Food & Drink > Cooking Desserts Big desserts: How to please a crowd: 1 of 22

I love big parties with lots of people and lots of food. I will serve about eighty to a hundred people in my backyard this September, the day before my daughter's wedding. After lots of barbecue and potato salad, I'll make my usual standby-dessert - trifle. I find it fun to serve a big dessert with a name that means "insigni...
Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) Qualities needed for success: 1 of 21

Before we explore the qualities for success, let's define "success." Success is a matter of perspective. If the goal is president of the company, but the employee retires as a vice-president of the company, is he/she a success, or a failure? The answer is in perspective. If the goal is seen as a direction, vice-president is ...
Religion & Spirituality > Self-Awareness & Realization Reflections: Living every day with passion: 12 of 198

Assignment: Write an article about passion in life for long time students, avid super fans, leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals, service providers, manufacturers, inventors or educators. That's not nine different groups. We all are trying to be professional in our endeavors, and students of our interests if we live our liv...
Politics, News & Issues > Party Politics & Ideology What happened to the Reagan Republican?: 1 of 15

"What happened to the Reagan Republicans?" I know what happened to the Reagan Republicans they were allowed to put their theories to work, and they didn't work. I know; I was there, and saw us do it. We used to sit around the Houstonian Hotel and drink Bloody Maries, theorizing that private industry could provide more effici...
Food & Drink > Cooking (Other) Everything you need to know about outdoor grilling: 1 of 13

Everything You Need to Know About Outdoor Grilling You need some meat and a fire; oh, and some tools, definitely some tools. Guys like their tools and fire and meat. I have a sign on my grill that looks like a road hazard sign, in bright yellow, that reads, "DANGER: Men Cooking." Outdoor grilling can be as crude as an open f...
Relationships & Family > Couple Communication Understanding the female mind: 1 of 13

Understanding the female mind? You're kidding, right? How can a guy answer that question? We can't even understand our own minds, much less female minds, which are much more complex, more insightful, more intuitive, and much more perplexing than guy's minds. Guys are simple-minded by comparison. It's like asking a three-year...
Food & Drink > Cooking with Spices & Herbs A guide to hot and spicy peppers: 1 of 13

The Fiery Food Show in Albuquerque, NM, is a great place to learn about spicy peppers. it is the largest in the world, with vendors from around the globe, displaying samples of their various pepper sauces. There are pepper candies, jellies, tubs, sauces, dressings, and lots of cold beer. I want to put in an ice cream stand t...
Creative Writing > Humor Laughter is good medicine: How it fights diseases: 1 of 13

Laughter, the best medicine. Laughter is psychologically and physiologically beneficial to health. It causes the body to release endorphins, expands capillaries for improved circulation, it stimulates increased respiratory response, essentially the same things that running does, but it's more fun and less work. I was in the ...