It’s one of those crises that sneaks up on you.  I guess I had never really thought about it before and then I read a newspaper article highlighting the magnitude of the problem and I was horrified.  Who would have thought that it could actually come to this?  Certainly not me.  Forget about how much…

It just took two digits and all of a sudden I wasn't who I thought I was. I was topping up my “Mac Pass” at their office and the “customer service” rep informed me that either my pass didn't belong to me or I wasn't who I said I was. Well, I knew the pass…

I was at the Blue Cross office the other day when I was greeted with a smile by a strange lady. By strange I mean she was a lady I was not acquainted with, not necessarily a peculiar lady. Although not being acquainted with her she may have been strange and strange. Although I digress.…

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 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…

It seems to be one of those days that generates a buzz. People are talking about it, and even people who usually have no interest in the subject weigh in. There are those who place the utmost faith in what happens that day, and others who say it’s just a bunch of hokum. (if you…

Oops. Last summer Shirell Powell made the difficult decision to authorize doctors to stop life support efforts for her younger brother. It was only while arranging her brother’s funeral that she discovered that she made the decision to end the life not of her brother but of a complete stranger. Her brother was in jail…

I had a coffee with my cousin the other day and we caught up on each other’s lives and chatted about family.  It was an enjoyable afternoon.  We discovered that we had a number of things in common and not just our white beards.  We both drive the same model car, love history and we…

There are denominations that seem to obsess on the end times but I wouldn’t have guessed the Russian Orthodox Church to be one of those. And yet the church’s head, Patriarch Kirill, is warning that the Antichrist might be closer than we think. Recently he speculated that smartphones might be leading us one step closer…

I read an article a while back that said that we will spend 5 years of our life waiting in line!  There have been times that I’ve felt like I waited 5 years in one line.   That doesn’t even start to include the time we spend waiting on the phone, waiting at red lights…

Seriously?  I mean, really?  It’s pretty obvious that common sense was a little lacking in this man’s repertoire. Last week a man in his sixties from New Zealand blew up his boat and himself.  The explosion was caused when he checked for a gas leak by lighting a match.  I kid you not, with a…