We're All In This Together
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
The Lakota Sioux have a wonderful prayer, "Mitakuye Oyasin," which translated literally means "We are all related." It is a prayer for the peace and oneness of all things. It goes beyond that, I think. I think inherent in the meaning is the princi...
Mercury Rising
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
When I grew up in Upstate New York, we lived in a light blue, two-story Cape Cod home, surrounded by apple orchards and backed by a dairy farm. The house had a floating basement, with a little gutter running around the outside edge. Every once in ...
Tag, you're "IT"!!!
posted over 2 years ago | 2 comments
An elementary school in Colorado Springs has banned the game, "tag" on the schoolyard. What boring recesses those children must have. I can't imagine going to school, and not playing tag.
The basic rules of tag are simple. First, group a bunch of...
The basic rules of tag are simple. First, group a bunch of...
Paying Attention
posted over 2 years ago, updated 5 minutes later | 0 comments
I remember Mr. Green in 6th grade all too well. Back in those days, teachers could get away with lots of things, and Mr. Green certainly took liberties with his anger. If you were talking in class, you were just as likely to feel the sting of well...
Mac vs. PC?
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 4 hours later | 2 comments
I’ve made my living using PCs. I use sophisticated software to manipulate and analyze data to identify whether certain medical devices or drugs work. So far, it has paid off, with one drug which saves the sight of some very special people, and now...
Peeking through to the other side
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
I really had a hard time coming up with a title for this. It was really just a concept born out of one of my favorite bumper stickers, one of those I laugh at each and every time I see it. You’ll have to stay tuned to find out EXACTLY which one.
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More POWERFUL than "The Secret"
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
I'm not one given often to jumping on the bandwagon, but after a lifetime of reading self-help and spiritual books, I had to see for myself what all the hubbub was regarding "The Secret." I'll admit I bought the DVD and book, but I stopped with al...
It's just another nickel!!!
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
On my way back from an appointment in Denver, I was listening to the news, and it appears there's a proposal in Congress to increase the gasoline tax by a nickel per gallon to repair the aging infrastructure.
This made me wonder where the current...
This made me wonder where the current...
Quick! Somebody tonic me!
posted over 2 years ago | 3 comments
I'm not given to much television watching, and even when I do, it's usually something planned and stored on my DVR for convenient viewing (at least I think that's what Comcast calls it). But, having to work late the other night (I've always needed...
Learning something new every day
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
A new friend wrote me today that she tries to learn something new every day. I feel the same, but that got me to wondering exactly WHAT I'd learned today. I retraced my day thus far, and was hard-pressed to come up with something which provided on...
