“If your house caught on fire, what would you take with you on the way out the door?” We’ve all heard that question, and we all have similar answers: Family members and pets Photo albums (pictures of family members and pets) Special mementos (things made by family members (not pets) that have special meaning) I […]
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Connecticut
No words. Bob Schieffer of CBS news summed it up when he said, “For those of us who make our living with words, we find ourselves not knowing what to say.” When something happens that we have no context for, we’re at a loss for words. We just don’t have any mental vaults to explore […]
Do We Really Need Other People?
When I was a kid, our annual family vacation was usually at Sequoia National Park in central California. We would rent a “housekeeping cabin” where we’d cook on a wood stove, then put the leftover food scraps in metal trash cans on the canvas covered porch. Shortly after dusk each night, we would watch through […]