Bringing your stuff with you. It should be easy — stop working and go play. But it’s not. We live in a work-driven culture, and so work is in our DNA and retirement is antithetical to who we are...
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Who is King in your Household?
Vacations, Technology and Toilets. Recently an article in the New Yorker magazine spoke about Pompeii and the continuing excavation. There was mention of ancient toilets. Normally I would skip...
Looking Back on a Sordid History Lesson
History as it should be is a living thing. It describes the character and the institutions of one culture, usually against that of another culture, each struggling to obtain its own desires. When we...
Breaking Bad Habits
Improving the odds of success. By Dr. Lou Primavera There’s always something we’d like to fix about ourselves — lose weight, quit smoking, learn a language, and so on. The trouble...
Many Uses for a Good Barrel
Dropping over Niagara Falls might not be one of them We have all heard it said “it’s as easy as apple pie”, or “as easy as rolling down a hill in a barrel”. Maybe it’s not so easy to make an apple...
What’s Really Driving Votes in 2021?
It’s not left or right thinking. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that America’s public schools needed to be desegregated ”with all deliberate speed.” Two years later in 1956 some...
Esther Jones
The inspiration for an American Icon There’s a curious story that won’t go away on the Internet. It involves Esther Lee Jones, aka Baby Esther, who is said to be the prototype for the...
Re-Inventing Yourself in Retirement
Your new role requires a new way to define yourself. In previous articles, I’ve alluded to the issue of the roles we adopt at different life stages. How we define ourselves is determined by...
Prestidigitation
The ancient art of fooling you. The methods of magical performance are not usually seen as examples of folklore, but they have many of the same properties as a traditional story or ballad. Often the...
Taking Anti-depressants
Is there a better way to treat depression and anxiety? Since the 1980’s, anti-depressants have been the go-to solution for people suffering from depression and anxiety. Indeed, they are now...
