Spending time in the great outdoors

School is almost out. You can hear it in the extra-loud screams of the kids from our street, the slowness with which their feet get onto the bus, and the number of marked... [Read More]

40 years and still lovin’

Almost every week there’s an announcement in this paper about a 50th wedding anniversary. Sometimes there’s a party; sometimes there’s a picture of the happy... [Read More]

Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans

It’s been a couple of weeks since I last wrote, and frankly it’s because I could not find the time. I seem to be in the middle of one of those periods of life... [Read More]

Your heart means nothing til you give it away

An acquaintance from my university days passed away last weekend, at the young age of 40. His name was Derek Weiler, and he was best known as the editor of the publishing... [Read More]

You can pick your nose, but…

It’s Easter weekend, and for most of us that means some kind of family gathering. In our family, there’s always food involved; usually it means monitoring kids... [Read More]

I want a new drug

I am sitting in a hotel room right now with my kids. They are watching Karate Kid on tv, and I am surfing the web. It’s aimless surfing – checking facebook, checking... [Read More]

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