The well-known phrase “If you think education is expense try ignorance” is playing out around the world. In Liberia ignorant people stormed an HIV clinic and carried away infected patients. How can we begin to assess the price this is going to cost mankind? In...
It’s been another quiet summer day in Leominster, Massachusetts. The hummingbirds have been busy at the window feeder. It’s hard to believe they will be gone soon on their winter trip to the Caribbean. We think it’s possible that the orioles are gone already along...
Just two weeks ago if asked what kind of squirrels do you have in your neighborhood I would have responded, “Gray and red.” I had no idea that we had flying squirrels. It seems they are nocturnal and since I am diurnal I had no...
It's been a quiet day in Leominster, Massachusetts. The sun drifted across the sky warming the maples and birches to 75 breezy degrees. It was a day to go into the backyard with a salt shaker and pick vine ripened tomatoes. We don’t have any...
Are you as irritated as I when the phone rings and you get up out of your easy chair, rush across the room, only to listen to a recorded message telling you that you have been called in response to an inquiry you made? You...
I’m sure you have noticed the older we become the earlier we arrive at appointments. There are exceptions to this. You can count on some people being late. It seems to be part of their fabric no matter how old they are. But most of...
During the seventh-inning stretch at a ball game we traditionally sing the old favorite Take Me Out to the Ball Game. When we sang “Give me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks” it occurred to me that I hadn’t had a box of Cracker Jacks for...
Research reveals that managerial style directly influences workplace productivity. The bosses who harangue and manage with negativity do not get as much product from their employees as opposed to bosses that encourage workers with positive statements about their workers’ skills and talents. So why do...
Unless you are Rodney Dangerfield or some other self-deprecating comedian, people do not tell lies to make themselves look bad. When I am ordering a pizza and I am asked for my name I tell them I’m Hercules. Why should I lie and tell them...
Oh, she was an ugly little girl. She was probably six-years-old and very ugly. There was nothing wrong with her hair and nothing wrong with her eyes and cheeks. Her nose was a nice normal nose. But she was an ugly little girl because of...