I’m a child of the sixties, turning 12 in 1970. I’m told it was a tumultuous era, the 60s and 70s. From what I recall, it was. Playing on the floor in our living room as a 5 year old, I heard “We interrupt this broadcast to bring you an…
It’s a quite natural thing, really, to want protection from or deliverance out of a crisis. An ominous diagnosis threatens my health. The recent stock market mayhem threatens my financial future. A global pandemic threatens…well, everyone in some way. The rising power of communist China threatens our national security. Radical…
Many years ago when living in Vermont, we took a vacation to Bar Harbor, Maine & Acadia National Park. One of the boasts of the area is that, if you’re at the top of Cadillac Mtn at sunrise, you’ll be the first to see it in the United States. So…got…
For the last few weeks, almost everywhere you go, songs of the holiday season fill the air. Some radio stations have even been playing only Christmas music since before Thanksgiving, probably because of the shorter Thanksgiving-to-Christmas period. Have you paid any attention to what’s playing? If so, you’ve probably not…
Some people enjoy meandering through cemeteries, especially old ones, and ponder the tombstones. A few have made a hobby of gravestone rubbing, which I understand is a bit controversial—some states have made the practice illegal. I certainly can’t claim that visiting cemeteries is one of my pastime pleasures. I don’t…
The tension in the air was so thick you could cut it with a knife. A single key play could make one partnership a ton of money, but certainly lead to the bankruptcy of another. Or if the second partnership got the play, the first’s control would be broken. I’m…
