I am happy to debate this, but isn’t the ultimate betrayal the loss of ones own moral compass. The loss of the soul. The transaction, the...

Last week, a dear member of our community decided she had had enough. She was tired, she was 97 and she decided to complete her circle of...

In the age of social media we don’t really quietly observe anything these days, do we? We live in a society that demands and requires ...

This is a quote I ran across while reading Maria Popova’ s weekly publication titled Marginalian . I appreciate, honor and embrace the...

A few of years ago I decided I would plant 500 crocus saffron bulbs. I was so excited mainly because I was pretty certain that I had...

I lost Simba, my yellow lab when he was sixteen. He was a special dog. It took the right person to understand and exercise patience with...

Several years ago Krista Tippett, the host and creator of the program On Being started a brave and courageous series titled Civil...

We all have varied and different beliefs influenced by culture, upbringing and peers. I think we can all agree that we want and need the...

I have been preoccupied by “place” over the past several weeks. My attitude about our sense of place is very subjective, but does have a...

I have been experiencing that dull interaction that one gets when routine isn’t interrupted by, what I would call al little shake up. It...

Why does it seem to be getting more and more difficult to stay the true intended course of our missive? We are a full service restaurant...

As a young child I had the privilege of being the steward and caretaker of a few hamsters. What I find shameful and embarrassing is that...

I am strangely interested in stories about the belief in Santa and how the myth was dispelled. Most children find out from their cynical...

We, more than any other species are more beholden to our erratic and ever changing neurochemistry. I have been trying to objectively...

Why do many of us have a difficult time receiving compliments? I am getting better at it, but I have a long way to go. I have to...

Or wear wooden shoes. Thanks to my father’s advice I never accepted any wooden nickels. Not an uncommon adage for my father’s...

Does it need to be said by me? Does it need to be said now? The answer to those questions is generally No, No and No 99% of the time. I...

We, as a culture have a very strange and estranged relationship with death. We have a difficult time talking about it and it’s...

My parents had 3 girls and a boy. I am the youngest. My brother is the second oldest. He is 10 years older than me. He was awful to me,...

Many of you may remember the cartoon Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. It aired on Saturday morning in the early 70’s. I remember as a six...