The beginning of compassion
I've often thought that April 1 would make a much more logical New Year's Day than January 1. It's spring, things are starting to grow,...
Listen to the sound of silence
Last Saturday, I watched with hope and amazement the March for Our Lives. So many thoughts raced through my head. So many feelings...
STOP the algorithms!
Algorithms! How many times have you heard that word in the past two years? They're everywhere. Because computers are everywhere and...
Whaddyaknow!!!!
We had two March snowstorms within a week of each other -- both nor'easters that come with wet, heavy snow that falls fast and thick over...
Do you believe in magic?
I've read a lot of things in the past month -- old, new, fact, fiction, for young, for old and older, prose, poetry. You get the idea....
Venn can we talk?
Remember those glum days in algebra class where you were daydreaming about your latest crush and wondering vaguely, "When am I ever going...
A tear and a smile
Like many of my contemporaries, I first discovered Kahlil Gibran in the '60s when I and many of my contemporaries read "The Prophet." At...
1 = infinity
Here's a quiz: In each pair, what's the bigger number? A. Number of days in an average human life span B. Number of words in an average...
Fill your glass
What sort of person are you: glass half-empty or half-full? We all know that question and, very likely, are ready with an answer. Oh, I'm...
Doing somersaults
The theme of the week just past was good versus evil. At least for me it was. It kept showing up in books, lectures and parties. Of...
