“I don’t like either the word [hiking] or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains — not hike! Do you know the origin of that word ‘saunter?’ It’s...
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I’m not a romantic. There is too much that’s wrong in the world, and given my days and years I have listened to too much heartache and seen too much...
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Barbie Dreamhouse recently celebrated 62 years of existence.[1] The first house included a black and white TV box, an uneven checkered rug, and a painful-looking plaid couch. Dreamhouse Toys began...
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Over the shoulder, through the heart. An image that I never get far from, I think and think about it some more. My PhD studies drew me to learning about...
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“He bent over all that groaned… the universe appeared to him an immense malady; he felt fever everywhere; he heard the sound of suffering all around him; and without trying...
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For most of 30 years I’ve been meeting with two friends every Wednesday morning for a cup of something. Very ordinary people we are, we meet in very ordinary places...
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