Valued Visitor: With the world currently in an increasingly indescribable place I continue looking for answers. My stash of golden goodie articles turned up the one below. I really enjoyed writing it and believe it is another that has even more relevance today than it did when I penned it a few years ago. It is longer than some, but sit
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There are still days when my type-A personality and life’s work ethic haunt me. Must every one be stuffed with irrevocable To Do’s? Not that I have to convert to a life of lassitude. But simple, unscheduled pleasures with no other aim are now mandatory. One recent morning was a perfect example. I had made a commitment to myself to
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I had pressing business in Houston this week. That gave me an opportunity to relive, for a day at least, what used to be called generically the rat race. No offense to Houston, of course. It was a good place to call home for sixteen years. Driving past former residences, restaurants, places of employment and event venues was like saying
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The Right to Privacy. I know, I know, it’s gone. Well, some of us won’t give up keeping it alive despite the onslaught. And there is one like-minded man who has done something major to support it. His name is Gabriel Weinberg. His creation is a real live, legitimate SEARCH ENGINE called DuckDuckGo with no tracking. Please don’t let your
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The image shown above is nothing more than a LED flashlight held vertically at night. Ernie and I got the inspiration to illuminate during our evening jaunt. What you can’t see is the stream of particles flying through the beam. It recalls excited ping pong balls in the Lotto cage. But in this case they are too small to number
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I wrote the article below in 2006 just weeks after Pluto became a non-planet and after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was launched to study planet Pluto. After nine years of flight the spacecraft is again in the news closing in on this July’s fly-by. It remains a real story of intrigue and mysterious dealings, who demoted it and why. Also
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[I wrote this article based on a visit to The Eagle’s Nest in 2000. It subsequently appeared in an e-zine I had with my daughter. Of all the places I have been in the world this one still leaves a major impression. I can only explain that by saying read the article and you will understand why.] It is an
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Insomnia might be too strong a word. But I think using it is permissible to make a point. Whether you can get by on three hours or seven, sound sleep is essential to our health. The last few years, especially with the stress of corporate responsibilities, I have had periods being sleep challenged. Working in Australia at the time one
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His name might not mean much in Texas where football is king. But he was at home on an ice rink, which is to Canada what the gridiron is to Texas. For nearly twenty years this Canadian was hockey’s man of consummate skill and respect. When he came to a city with his team – the Montreal Canadiens – so did
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It was a beautiful, sunny, blue-sky Texas afternoon in Fayetteville. Sitting outside simply enjoying the weather and the day I heard geese off in the distance. I grabbed my binoculars. A flock was coming towards me, flying north to south towards the Gulf of Mexico. It is time for their seasonal migration to warmer climes. They were very high in
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