What time is it?

What time is it?

It was one of those weird moments when you perceive the speed at which the brain processes information. I was stopped at a traffic light. Suddenly, I sensed I was moving/ pressed the brake harder/ kept moving/ felt my heart in my throat/ feared for an imminent...
Up, Up, and Away!

Up, Up, and Away!

“Just when the caterpillar thought life was over, it became a butterfly.” I was powerfully impacted the first time I saw this saying written on a ceramic plaque, but, at the time, without knowing why. Now I know that it was for today’s note. I wonder if the...
Blowin’ In the Wind

Blowin’ In the Wind

To autumn aficionados, it’s that first intake of a certain crispness in the air, the paler sky, the upcoming majesty of fall leaves that speaks of it. To winter enthusiasts, it’s the dark blue/gray of the sky, that heavy stillness promising snow that quietly but...
Slow is the New Fast

Slow is the New Fast

In this space, in the past, I know I have more than once harangued about the ills, etc. of computer technology and its ‘advances’, but this, today, is a rare gift for all you techie aficionados. I concede that some features found in our hi-tech world are, well,...
And the winner is …

And the winner is …

There are moments in our lives which change everything: a madly loved ‘friend’ becomes a fiancée/fiancé, the job promotion comes through, the house sells, the perfect house is found, the diploma is inked, the surgery is successful, and on and on and on. For good or...