Observations
Observations: Reflections on the living room wall
In the early morning darkness, I could see the flashing lights of the police car parked outside my house reflecting on the walls of our
Observations: Life: Part Two
The last day of my 40s was spent in a hospital room with my Mom. Recently out of surgery, she was only occasionally aware that ...Observations: Meet Zoe. She is one of us
American writer and newspaperman Finley Peter Dunne once famously said that newspapers have the ability to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Indeed, in ...
The road to serendipity
Newspapers around the nation are struggling, but I think it has as much to do with how the newspapers are run than it does the ...
Observations: About that wisdom thing...
“Don’t fear the years,” said one character in the movie. “Getting older makes you wise.”...
Observations: More than I calculated
Jean Spisak passed away last month and something good left this world with her. Jean worked at The Observer News for 30 years, the last ...
Observations: Through your eyes
Christopher Hitchens passed away on December 15, 2011. Almost certainly, somewhere a self-proclaimed Christian celebrated. Hitchens, you see, was an unrepentant atheist. ...
Autumn, education and chilling out
Can you feel it? Little by little, the oppressive, seemingly relentless sweaty grip of summer is giving way to autumn....
