Keeping score keeps you sane
Thank goodness for sports on television.Our long national drought of excitement has finally ended. We’re able to cheer for overpaid hooligans again. We can...
Dancing through my bipolar life
Have you ever heard “Dance like no one is watching,” a song lyric by Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh from “Come from the Heart”?...
The post-pandemic economy
Anyone who thinks that the COVID-19 pandemic won’t have a lasting impact on the national and international economic landscape is likely suffering from the...
So glad I hadn’t missed it
I was headed out for my daily hike. There was thunder in the distance.“It’s getting lighter,” my husband, Peter, said. “I don’t think we’re...
In the kitchen with Sharon
I made cheesy scalloped zucchini casserole, the perfect summer meal, served with salad and homemade bread, which I also made.I love zucchini, and I...
Pappy, what did you do …
Stories and tall tales have been told to children by their grandparents for generations. The child simply needs to ask the question, “Pappy, what...
Dancing through my bipolar life
Have you ever heard “Dance like no one is watching,” a song lyric by Susanna Clark and Richard Leigh from “Come from the Heart”?...
Godliness in an angry world
Not too long ago, Elizabeth Chang in the Washington Post stated the obvious: Americans are angry. The country erupted into the worst civil unrest...
The blue tarp
I noticed my wrists were sticking to my desk.This was a gradual awareness. I spend almost all day at my desk, and I don’t...
A new generation of rowdies
It is hard to figure where it all started, but it has certainly been a lifelong adventure.I believe my first visits to Long’s Retreat...