No matter how long we live, we soon find out that our wanting to be successful is predicated on help from others. Like the flip sides of the same coin, nature and nurture seemed to play an equal part. Plus, if we’re not happy being selfish, we can always ask how we can help. Life’s…
When our youngest daughter was a little girl, she asked if Santa Claus was real or just pretend? Now, as a young adult, she’s asking is religion real or an illusion? Her intelligent, inquiring mind never suffered fools lightly. Now, she’s asking if I’m just fooling myself. “Well, I never been to Heaven/ But I…
I’m humbled for you allowing my little stories into your world. As Annie Erauax – awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in Literature said – “To write is to fight forgetting.” May we all be part of that better tomorrow! Thank you!
Yesterday, I found myself going through some dusty, old boxes, to find some diaries written by my father. They were written in a long-ago time, when as an only child, my parents fought for my love – during a bitter divorce when I was just thirteen years old. They hated each other about as much…
Bob Dylan – the musical genius from the ‘50s folk scene and through to the ‘60s counter-culture – remains a poet with the words of a storyteller set to music. Awarded the Nobel prize for literature for a lifetime of poetry, the literary world was rocked: first time for an artist mainly known as a…
I remember talking to a lady who laughingly told me she had four kids – if you counted her husband. I can relate to that. Growing up, I remember being surrounded by strong women, especially my various aunts, who made us kids toe the line. Back in the 1950’s, they were short on patience with…
Learning our return flight had been delayed again – “delayed” being an euphemism for “don’t hold your breath” – I started hearing the strands of a Sinatra tune, “Come fly with me! Let’s fly, let’s fly away!” Ah, the 1950’s… and now? Too much pent up demand due to COVID-19, too many people trying to…
Malcom Muggeridge (1903 -1990) was a noted international journalist, editor, author and media personality. For most of his life he was agnostic… later becoming a Protestant and, near the end of his life, a Catholic. Despite such a diverse spiritual background, some of his greatest rediscoveries involved key Christian teachings – describing his efforts to…
When I first saw them I didn’t think anything of their presence at a cemetery where deer sightings are common. The two deer were just a few feet away as we paid our last respects to my wife’s cousin, Linda, and her husband, Don. Partially hidden among the larger headstones, the deer got to their…
Almost a decade ago, I wrote about a street person who because his dog wasn’t welcome in soup kitchens or overnight shelters, would forgo eating and a secure night’s sleep. But, he was happy to do so. Happy?! Think about that for a moment. How many of us can endure the harshness of going hungry…
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