My wife’s father died at home on the very farm he was born. A half mile down the wooded road is a very small cemetery that had not been used for over 50 years. When we called the county records office they told us there...
Modernity with its efficiency and improved and enhanced products makes our lives – I was going to say better but I’m not sure. Last evening I was looking out a window at the snow and realized I might never again see Jack Frost’s artwork on...
In recent years the following publically traded companies, LinkedIn, Workday, Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, Twitter and Splunk have a combined fiscal loss of 1.7 billion dollars. Yet, investors continue to buy their stock. The rational is someday they will return huge dividends. I remember being...
I have always enjoyed the story of the four who brought their friend to Jesus. When they found Him, the way was barred by a non-obliging crowd, so they inventively went up onto the flat roof, dug a hole and lowered their friend to Jesus. ...
We were standing in line at the supermarket behind an old guy about my age. I could not help but notice the food he was putting on the conveyor belt was a hodgepodge of very unhealthy items. There were Oreo cookies and beef jerky and...
Each of us decodes what others say to us using a host of filters which are the products of our culture, our age, our education, our personal biases, and past experiences. I am amazed that we understand anything others say or write. I have students...
Just for a mega second today a gust of wind picked up a cloud of snow crystals and swirled them over my car. Visibility went to zero. Our minds are amazing museums of memories that merely need a key to bring them rushing back. As...
Houses have memories. The sounds of babies crying and children laughing are imprinted in the wallpaper. The kitchen sounds of Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner preparations accompanied by the sounds of football games and commercials in the background permanently give a home the Good Housekeeping Seal...
I used to think Thomas Edison took the honors for being persistent. He worked 18 months until he got a light bulb that would burn for 13.5 hours. However I now think a Korean named Seo Sang-moon might be the most persistent man in history. ...
Our New England world is sated with white. One wonders if it could ever be whiter and still it falls from the sky. The green boughs of our pines are laden. The arms of our maples, oaks and beeches are dressed in bridal splendor. It...