I suspect you may be like me and rarely run toward change for change’s sake. Sometimes, it catches me off guard. A few people seem to embrace change more than I do, at least in changing jobs. I stayed with the same company almost 39 years until they downsized…
FREE AT LAST! Phil Valentine, a Tennessee conservative radio talk show host mocked the need for vaccines and masking. He wrote and performed a song lampooning vaccination initiatives called “Vaxman” (a parody of the Beatles song “Tax Man”). He may have had an impact, Tennessee is among the worst in vaccination…
Today, my last day of being 66, I awoke to blue skies (skylight above my bed) after a week of rain/snow and cloudy days and it was a nice day reaching 80 degrees! But snow is forecast for a couple days out. We are used to many days of sunshine…
Back in the 1980’s, President Ronald Reagan claimed that the nine most terrifying words in the English language were, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” It still gets chuckles from many GOP Reagan fans. Certainly, this belief inspired his policies which promoted less government and fewer regulations.…
Christmas weaves together a merry mixture of memories and magic! And, as an adult, also a dash of stress, perhaps blended with expectations that we put upon ourselves. This covid Christmas is especially hard not being able to be with friends, parties and big family gatherings. Memories make the holiday…
Freedom by definition: the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint; another definition states that you can say or do anything you want. Synonyms: autonomy, independence, independency. In a civil society, freedom can’t possibly mean you can do anything you want! We…
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy This week we reached the milestone of 100,000 covid deaths in America. Many of those deaths could have been prevented if we had better leadership! We also saw the senseless murder of another black man as other…
Rain falls outdoors, like tears during this weekend when we Stop and Remember. Thousands of lives that have been lost while many of us have just been holed up at home. Those days we spent with friends and family earlier this year, even hugging them. The frontline workers and healthcare professionals…