Happy 100th Birthday, Uncle Edmund!
My uncle, Dr. Edmund Rhett Taylor, was born in March, 1916, and is married to my father’s sister Mary. He recently celebrated his 100th …
The National Park System: 100 Years Of Nature, History, and America’s Stories
For a more up-to-date article about the NPS, please click to this article instead: “The National Park System: America’s Hidden …
Is Connection Getting Easier or Harder?
Digital technologies have given a whole new meaning to the word Connection. My guest, Connection Messenger* Annette Petrick has embraced many of …
Antidote For Despair
May this imagery and poem feed your soul, as it does mine: The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I …
Your Life List: Have You Written It?
Bucket List vs. Life List Ever since the movie, The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, I’ve struggled to make a list …
LAMY 2000 Fountain Pen
My niece is graduating from college this month, and she plans to spend a good part of the next year writing screenplays. To acknowledge her as a …