It got me thinking. That recent New York Times article by Frank Bruni (April 11, 2015). …teenage suicides in Palo Alto, California…pressures to succeed among young people…Center for Disease Control data showing an increase in suicides among young...
I have writer’s block. I really want to write a blog. I enjoy writing. I have lots of ideas swirling in my mind. I can’t get traction with any of them. So I am going to write about my block and just see what comes up. Maybe some thought will emerge and unblock me as...
Thanksgiving 2014 is now over. It is my favorite holiday. Thanksgiving marks the end of the heat of summer, the arrival of the crisp days and cold nights of fall, leaves turning radiant colors, and often a dusting of November snow. Work has been going full steam...
World and national news has been horrific especially in the last couple of days. The lone-wolf terror attack in Ottawa and the ax attack on four policemen in New York just hours later put more atrocities in national news. Scenes from Ottawa were replayed and...
What I dreaded would happen actually happened today. I had put off the inevitable. Today I could not avoid it any longer. Several months ago I received a notice from my cable provider that customers needed to install a new modem. This device had to be ordered directly...
