Last night I called to wish an old friend in Arizona a happy birthday! We've been friends since the early years of grade school and, being the older by two...
I went to my health club the other day, and even though it is a seasonal phenomenon, I was struck by how few people were there considering it was early...
"Anger is the lazy person's emotion. It's quick, it's binary, it's delicious. And more and more, we're gorging on it." So writes Jeffrey Kluger, an editor for TIME magazine in...
Have you ever gotten into a heated argument with someone? I recall doing so once with a neighbor. Being human, my first response was to yell back, but I didn't,...
We all know what a near miss is. It's that unexpected event that happens just when we don't expect it. Afterward, our hearts race, sweat pops out on our brows...
Out and about the other day, I heard a group of giggly teens talking about how awesome this semester's history teacher was. Not only was he young, cute, funny and...
News today is overflowing with stories about refugees, migrants and immigrants. While I make it a practice not to engage in political discussion with anyone other than the closest family...
Exercising and keeping healthy in the winter months is a definite challenge. Snow, ice, the bitter cold all discourage us from continuing to do what we know we should be...