A Wonderful Life With Great People

This is a most unusual Christmas — shorts and rain coats versus wool pants and snow shoes.  In Connecticut!  But regardless of the weather, or the politically charged reasons for this weird, unseasonably warm Christmas holiday in places normally covered by snow, there...

Black-eyed Peas: Prosperity, Good Fortune In 500 CE

The holidays are over and we can pause to remember the funny things that happened in all of the rush. Gifts forgotten in a closet, presents mislabeled, disasters in the kitchen, including small fires — well you get the picture. On New Year’s Day the morning includes...

Sleeping Habits of Teenagers, Jealous Parents

Every parent who has had a teenage son or daughter will attest to the fact that their children’s sleeping habits, especially on non-school days, can best be described with these two words: endless and oblivious. Endless because once they do go to sleep, which...