When a pack rat packs, hang onto your hats
In a few days, Ill be packing for a week at the beach and you might be wondering what I will be taking along. A lot more, as it turns out, than I did when I left my little town for the Big Time of college. That was 40 years ago. What I want to explore in this piece is whats happened in the interim, whats turned me into the kind of guy who cant seem to leave anything behind. But before...BRUCE
As we headed down the last of eight mountain passes toward her home in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, my 3-year-old granddaughter, Maren, asked a gem of a question. We were listening to a childs musical CD when she picked up on the words miss you. Typical of inquisitive 3-year-olds, Maren asked a profound question. Does miss you mean you will be glad to see him again?...
Miss Maren doesnt miss a beat in Amish Country
As we headed down the last of eight mountain passes toward her home in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, my 3-year-old granddaughter, Maren, asked a gem of a question. We were listening to a childs musical CD when she picked up on the words miss you. Typical of inquisitive 3-year-olds, Maren asked a profound question. Does miss you mean you will be glad to see him again?...MISSY
Simplify. Its a word Ive talked about before and its a word that I should tattoo on my forehead in blinking lights every time I want to bring something new into our home. Shiny, flashing neon lights that would blind me and remind me to think Do I really need this? Our lives are made up of stuff, this we cant deny. How much we deem fit to have around us is another thing. Ive decided...
Meet me at the fair
Im not sure how many times I went to the county fair as a child, but probably not many. I did go to Disneyworld twice. Once when I was too young to remember anything, except by seeing the photographs of me in my red-plaid, bell bottom pants standing with my grandma Cipollone in her knee length sweater outside an eat stand munching on cotton candy. The other time was with my dad when I was...LAW
Disagreements about pets can quickly escalate and lead to litigation. Increasingly, people have been turning to mediation to resolve these issues. In mediation, a neutral party guides discussions between disputing parties so that both sides can share their points of view and work together to create acceptable solutions. This article provides some examples of instances in which mediation can prove...
Addressing pet issues through mediation
Disagreements about pets can quickly escalate and lead to litigation. Increasingly, people have been turning to mediation to resolve these issues. In mediation, a neutral party guides discussions between disputing parties so that both sides can share their points of view and work together to create acceptable solutions. This article provides some examples of instances in which mediation can prove...DAVIS
I was amused at the mini-huff raised when Great-Grandmother Elizabeth (otherwise known as Queen of England) seemed anxious to be off for her summer holiday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Some of the press reports spun that to imply she was royally aloof about the arrival of a new heir in line for the throne, but the actual video of the question by a schoolgirl was simply a casual exchange that I...