Archives: December 2015

The Flag on the Porch

My wife noticed some weeks ago that there didn’t seem to be anyone living in our neighbor’s house. The only lights that came on appeared to be on a timer. There was no sign of anyone leaving for work in the morning, and no cars in the driveway. We wondered if everything was alright. Another

Read on »

Her Christmas

The difference between men and woman is never more dramatic than the weeks leading up to Christmas. Once Thanksgiving is over, women start the process of planning and preparing for the biggest day of the year. It’s their Super Bowl. This requires a strategic and multi-pronged approach. It can take on the characteristics of a complex

Read on »

Follow the Leader

We are searching for a leader. Between the Democrats and Republicans who are running for president, we have a choice of over a dozen with less than two months before the first primary ballots are cast and eleven months before the general election. There are polls every other day measuring who’s ahead, who’s behind, who’s

Read on »

American Fear

The fear and hate being spewed over us by Donald Trump, the man the majority of those Republicans polled want to see become the next president, can be heard in the echoes of history. For a country founded by people fleeing religious persecution and an oppressive British king, some of us want to build a wall to

Read on »

Picture of Art

Just about all of us are walking around with a camera on our smart phones. There are millions of pictures being snapped everyday, probably more than ever before in history. They can be posted instantly to be seen around the world in seconds. Photography has always been a hobby of mine. In some ways, I find

Read on »