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Les Proctor
I’m a web designer and marketing consultant, husband, father of three, part-time yogi, and duffer of golf balls. I live and work in a century home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. I am glad to live in a neighborhood where not everyone looks and thinks like me, and I am most happy spending time my family.
By Les Proctor on July 17, 2009
When I was attending The University of Texas at Austin (a.k.a. “The University”) in the mid-eighties, I discovered “Chili Frito Pie.” Now if you’ve ever spent any time in Texas, you know that Chili is a really big deal.
Posted in Recipes | Tagged country music, fun food |
By Les Proctor on July 15, 2009
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has set a challenge for this cause [...] and will fund 50% of any classroom project that prepares students in rural and high-poverty communities for college.
Posted in Causes | Tagged charities, donations, giving back |
By Les Proctor on July 14, 2009
My first ancestor in North America (‘John The Immigrant’) voyaged to these shores in 1609 aboard “The Sea Venture”, which was a part of The Virginia Company [...]
Posted in Featured | Tagged geneaology, the sea venture |
By Les Proctor on July 12, 2009
Just after High School in the early eighties, I lived for an all too short while in Neuchatel [...] famed for its its hospitality, clockmaking, chocolate, and banking–and [...] its fondue.
Posted in Recipes | Tagged fondue, fun food |
By Les Proctor on June 14, 2009
“A man’s thoughts are the threads of which the fabric of his days are woven.” ~ Marcus Aurelius [....] is also considered one of the most important Stoic Philosophers.
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged civility, decorum, philosophy, thoughts |
By Les Proctor on June 10, 2009
Ok I admit it. This book is a little “out there.” But a Jesuit friend of mine recommended it, and I really got a lot out of it, particularly as it pertains to becoming a better parent [...]
Posted in Books, Inspiration | Tagged living with purpose, spirituality |
By Les Proctor on September 20, 2005
There is a saying in French: “La reconnaissance de l’homme est la plus grande des politesses.” Roughly translated, it means: “Acknowledging another person [sic] is the greatest courtesy.”
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged civility, decorum, living with purpose, mercy |
By Les Proctor on April 3, 2005
Divine Mercy was a Feast the Pope instituted on the Sunday after Easter because he believed its spirituality of love could transform the world.
Posted in Inspiration | Tagged mercy, saints |
