I am approaching my mid-seventies. Things are being planned about which I won’t learn the outcomes. Occasionally, but on increasing occasions, I realize my time is finite. Here are a few examples. Let’s start with a long horizon. Some scientists are beginning to predict the end of the earth. The molten core is cooling at…

I recalled my days as a social worker, particularly those years as a child welfare worker. I’d be called into the home at a time the family was often at its worst. The children were at all sorts of immediate short-term risks, such as neglect to physical abuse. The parents’ coping choices were no longer…

I love reading now, but I’ve had a tumultuous relationship in the past. During high school, I knew my reading speed was plodding. Debilitatingly slow. I took a speed reading course. It was very primitive. I watched a 35mm movie on a black screen with just a block of text highlighted. It jumped along from…

I opened the trunk of the car to get the shopping bags. None there. What the heck. Oh, yea, they were in the other vehicle. I reflected on other situations where the object of my desire was somewhere else – usually where I left it myself. The key for the post box is in my…

I heard this intriguing advice from William Roche, who currently plays Ken Barlow on the world’s longest-running reality show, Coronation Street. Just kidding, I know it is a soap opera. It has been on the air for over 60 years. And as part of the celebration of his 90th birthday, he was asked for his…

I was watching a movie recently in which a plane landed on the runway. There was a blue cloud of smoke that erupted from the tires at the moment of contact between tire and asphalt. I wondered why they couldn’t spin the tires just before landing to reduce the risk of a blowout. My curiosity…

I wasn’t familiar with the term ‘Catfishing”, so down the rabbit hole I went. I wasn’t disappointed. Let’s get on the same page. What does Catfishing mean? It comes from a 1913 book title. This leads to the modern-day Catfisher – one who breaks hearts and passwords with nothing but wi-fi and creativity. But let’s…

I enjoy reading about predictions. The most common one I pay attention to is the weather. I, too frequently, get a laugh with a report of ‘currently raining’ as I look out my window to see nothing but bright sunshine. And not even a prediction. Of course, the farther out the prediction, the greater the…

I’ve heard that phrase many times, usually in the context of someone telling their beliefs based on their lived experience. Sometimes it is rephrased as ‘speaking truth to power.’ That doesn’t mean that the facts are ignored. First, their lived experience is a fact. Also, the person may call upon other sources to strengthen the…

I often buy Adventure Passes. I don’t find them advertised as such, so I have to look hard for these passes. They are hidden in plain sight. For me, an Adventure Pass helps me get out of my comfort zone or Zone of Familiarity. Here is a recent example. I bought a Coffee Pass. It…