Editor’s Note: If you don’t have Netflix, there’s plenty out there online regarding this 90 minute interview of psychiatrist Phil Stutz by his client, Jonah Hill. I’ve watched it twice...
Editor’s comment: I read this because the Times book review called it a “brilliant literary puzzle about…the warping force of wealth”. They did not understate it as I...
The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more...
For me, quotes are collections of words that make me think. Whether famous or just from friends and family, my favorites cause behavior changes. Below are from the...
The youngest of our three, Caitlin, and I have talked many times about the effects of watching our older siblings as we grow up. I had four sisters and four...
My divorced daughter and almost-divorced son and I have been talking a lot about loneliness lately. In one conversation I recalled this song that I listened to constantly about...
"Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack, a crack in everything That's how the light gets in" -Leonard Cohen Kintsugi or golden...
I’ve been learning about control for a little more than 25 years. My initial work was on myself, and to this day, I strive to consider what I have control...
Editor’s note: If you take a little idolizing and some moderate preaching at the end, you will enjoy this well-researched work on one of America’s most interesting periods. A...
Editor’s note: Thanks to son, Timmy, who shared this song with me during his holiday visit. Beautiful voice, meaningful lyrics about his empty half. Favorite lyric: “Stuck between my anger...
Editor’s Note: When I was school, I’m not sure dyslexia was even identified. And so these kids seen as “stupid” or “slow learners”. When my kids were in school, dyslexia...
By The Christmas Jug Band, Paul Rogers (lead vocal)
November 30, 2022
Editor’s note: My friend, Jim Sullivan, sent me this a couple years ago and I forgot to post it. If this one doesn’t make you smile and tap your feet,...
Editor’s Note: On my run the other day, this song popped up which I’m sure I haven’t heard for 20 years. As I listened, it occurred to me the refrain...
Editor’s Note: If you like John LeCarre, you will love McIntyre since, as close as the great spymaster came with his fiction, this is non-fiction. The author builds a page...