Starting Over
And So It Goes is trying a new tack in 2018. First, a song. Songs have power over me. They help me recall moments I’d otherwise forget and they lift my mood (or lower it) as needed. Here’s a perky … Read More
My Annual Christmas Eve Post for 2017
For those of you fairly new to And So It Goes, I first discovered John McCutcheon’s song, Christmas in the Trenches, in 2013. It tells an amazing and long forgotten true story, one that I’m committed to sharing. I’ve been posting it every Christmas … Read More
What’s Your Cell Phone VoiceMail Message Say?
I got a new cell phone recently. As the world stood in line to pick up the latest iPhone 8, I graduated to the 6S. I pride myself on that actually. As with all new phones in the 21st century, … Read More
An Unexpected #MeToo Aftershock
Who among us hasn’t been touched, in some way, by the snowballing power of the #MeToo campaign that swept through our lives recently? It’s impact has been so great, it has been chosen as Time Magazine‘s cover for “Person of the … Read More
My Social Media Experiment
On October 19, I announced on Facebook that I was going to limit my time on social media, particularly Facebook, Twitter, and eMail to two 30-minute spans of time each day. Seventy-three people responded to that post and 30 … Read More
Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents: A Primer
Hate is on the rise here in America. I don’t believe anyone would argue that fact. As the Washington Post reported recently, “police departments across the country reported a rise in the number of crimes motivated by bias.” Hate eats … Read More
November 22, our day that will live in infamy
Today is the day before Thanksgiving (always the fourth Thursday in November), the most quintessentially American holiday I can name, right up there with July 4th (our Independence Day). This day before Thanksgiving is traditionally a very busy day for … Read More
In Praise of Skepticism
Well, it happened again. I choose an important and timely topic — the importance of maintaining a healthy skepticism — but, in the course of putting the post together, I veer off into another land. Could that have been … Read More
How To Stay Informed in This Age of Fake News
Last January, one week after the presidential oath of office, Eliot Cohen, Director of the Strategic Studies Program at Johns Hopkins, published an article in TheAtlantic.com from which this quote is taken: Some Americans can fight abuses of power and disastrous … Read More