Happy New Year, World
It’s the start of a new year, a time to dig deep and discover what I want to have happen in my life this year. Some call these “New Year’s Resolutions.” I’ve never quite liked that term. It conjures … Read More
Christmas Music
Merry Christmas Happy Holidays (a belated) Happy Hanukkah Habari gani Pick one! Next year I’ll add music from other cultures. For now, here’s a selection of classic American holiday fare. For your listening pleasure: If Mozart … Read More
Christmas in the Trenches
December 25, 1914 One day when enemies stopped fighting New Year’s Eve 2012, I was privileged to be in the audience when a small group of performers offered a song I’d never heard. Christmas In the Trenches so moved me, I … Read More
December Holidays We Never Think About
You (probably) have your sights set on December 25 about now. Tree is up or going up soon. Presents are bought or at least on a list. Feast is planned — your house or theirs? — and guests invited. … Read More
It Takes A Village
It takes a village … … and not just to raise a child. It takes a village to write a memoir, too. This post is about the villagers in my village, the … Read More
Finding Joy Again: A Post on Gratitude
At the end of last week’s post on the JFK assassination, I promised we’d talk this week about finding joy again. I expected it would be a post about the importance of grieving, the difficulty of moving into … Read More
The 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of JFK
It’ll be 50 years this Friday since John Fitzgerald Kennedy, better known as JFK, the 35th President of the US, was shot and killed while in a motorcade in Dallas TX. I’ve known for quite some time … Read More
Full-service or Self-service?
I’ve been on the road these past few weeks and I have a few musings on that. Mostly they’re about pumping gas. But we’ll get to that in a bit. My mode of transportation for all of … Read More
DST: Yay or Nay?
With the nearly nationwide return this past weekend to Standard Time (I say nearly because not all states or territories observe Daylight Saving Time) I got curious once again about this scourge of school children everywhere. I’ll start … Read More