Spring!

Have you noticed lately how much more daylight we are seeing? Each day, it's getting light earlier and staying light longer, and, as Martha Stewart would say, that's a good thing.Spring is not only an awesome time of the year, but it's also a great metaphor for life. No matter how dark, cold and long…

Ouch!

Apparently, I have a nondisplaced fracture at the level of the humeral head greater tuberosity.If you are like me, you had to Google that to find out I fractured my shoulder. It happened in December when I slipped in the snow and fell. And yes, it hurt, and no, I didn’t go to the ER.It…

When MAID become Murder!

In a 2023 Penn, I wrote, “We need to understand that MAID is not assisted suicide. Suicide is taking one’s own life, but MAID is asking the state to take it for you. I wonder how long it will be before the state won’t wait to be asked.” I guess I don’t have to wonder…

It’s like the Weather

I used to say if I didn’t like the weather forecast, I would just keep changing radio stations until I found a forecast I liked. Now I just check various weather apps on my phone until I find the one that suits me. I understand why different weather apps might disagree on what the weather…

Disappointed and Thankful

If you haven’t heard, the trip that Greg Drost and I had planned to visit the Wesleyan Church in Bangladesh next week has been cancelled, or at least postponed. Almost two weeks ago, our team had a video meeting with our host from Bangladesh, and he recommended that we delay our trip, for a couple…

A Disrupted Morning

I had my morning all planned. I was going to get a haircut, but when I called the barbershop, my barber wasn’t working. It was a beautiful day, so I thought, I will get my car washed, but when I pulled up to the car wash, it wasn’t working. Then I dropped into my pharmacy…

Fiddling with Fonts

I love a good tiddle, or as you might know it, a serif. It’s that little decorative piece that is a part of some fonts and typefaces. The most common is Times New Roman, and it was the default on Microsoft Word, for as long as I can remember. And then it changed. In 2007,…