Happy to be home

Happy to be home

Driving in foreign countries is a real eye-opener. In the Scottish Highlands, a highway road sign says: Watch for vehicles in the middle of the road. The turns are not engineered for ease of executing at highway speeds as they are in the US, so it’s permitted to make...
Under New Ownership

Under New Ownership

Nearly every day we hear of another buyout, one company purchasing another. For clients and patrons, the change may be minimal, but for the employees working there, the changes can be drastic. An entire staff can be let go and replaced with the new owner’s people. In...
Truer than it seems

Truer than it seems

At the gym in the morning, I often overhear good-natured banter, mostly between the guys. Call it male bonding or whatever, but there is a competitive edge that comes out which would probably be demoralizing to ladies, who typically encourage one another, help with a...
What am I missing?

What am I missing?

I’m surprised at how seldom I think of my array of accumulated conveniences. Like the functioning of the all-important, morning coffee machine. Or the arrival of hot water for a shower. Or AC during hot weather and heat in those other months. Or my car starting when...
A Little Help from a Friend

A Little Help from a Friend

A frog becomes a prince, Cinderella becomes the belle of the ball, an ugly duckling becomes a beautiful swan, the underdog comes out on top, an orphaned, Jewish girl in a foreign land becomes the Queen of Persia, a hillbilly family from the Ozarks moves to Beverly...