Revolutions and Revelations One thing I’ve never run across during my trips around our Sun is anyone who did not like music. Sure, there’s forms of music we may not care for; but I’ve never heard someone say “I just don’t care to listen to music.” Like you, dear Reader, I too have my own…
New Mexican Posole (The way I make it, and I spell it with an S not a Z) Posole is a Christmas dish that brings back more fond memories than I can catalogue. From being at my grandmother’s house and eventually at my own home every Christmas Eve, just the smell of it cooking reminds…
The Tradition of Traditions I had it explained to me once why as we get older the years seem to fly by. It turns out that when you’re say, 5 years old, one year is only one-fifth of your life. That’s a lot! That’s $.20 of a dollar. And a year seems to take forever…
Community Lately I’ve wondered – what does it mean to be a community? Is it a group of people living within close proximity helping one another, sharing similar belief systems, values, morals and goals? Traditionally I’d say yes. But recently I was exposed to a different kind of community which seems to encapsulate all of…
A Beautiful View The Juniper tree had stood in the stony ground on the rim of the Grand Canyon for many, many years. There were times no matter what the weather or what the day looked like the Juniper would think back to when it was a small sapling; when the wind and the cold…
The High Cost of Not Dying The recent press regarding the pharmaceutical company Mylan and the criticism of price gouging for the EpiPen has brought forth – in an election year where debates about the cost of healthcare rage almost daily – significant negative press towards Big Pharma. Now there are talks of impending investigations…
The Day the Earth Tuned Out I wouldn’t say that I remember it “clear as day” because it’s been 37 years, but I’m pretty sure I can just about pinpoint the year and the invention that caused us as a society to tune out. Fast forward quickly to today and look what we have: the…
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