I just bought a new printer for $29 on Amazon. I ordered it yesterday afternoon, and it arrived before noon today. First, how can they sell a wireless printer and copier for only $29? And second, how can they get it to my home in less than 24 hours? In the 1970s, the company I […]

Family and friends, also referred to as loss survivors, experience complex feelings after the death of a loved one by suicide, such as confusion, disbelief, despair, sadness, fear, grief, shame, guilt, abandonment, and anger. The death is often shocking, painful and unexpected. Loss survivors need understanding, compassion, and support. “The Suicide Memorial Wall was created on […]

It’s a good bet anyone born before John F. Kennedy’s assassination remembers exactly what he or she was doing on the night of July 20, 1969. I know I do. My parents, 11-year-old brother, nine-year-old sister and I were congregated in what we  called “Grandpa’s Room” in my childhood home, transfixed by the events taking […]

There was once a legislative district shaped like a salamander. Its creator was a man named Gerry and making more weirdly shaped districts has come to be known as gerrymandering. Every 10 years, the U.S. conducts a census and, in most states, the party that controls the state legislature then gets to draw the congressional […]

The Bahdziewicz clan trooped into the Mule Barn for lunch the other day, happily and noisily as only eight Americans totally in love with summer can do. The patriarch of the clan, Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz, led the way to a large round table and seated his wife, Sally, before pointing to which chairs the kids […]

“Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn.” ~Treebeard, The Lord of the Rings ~J.R.R. Tolkien A few weeks ago, I witnessed once again the felling of trees. I could have chosen not to be here to see it. But for several reasons, I was. And considering the […]

We have all seen the headlines about division and debate in Augusta. Over the past six months, Republicans and Democrats under the dome have certainly had their differences that have grabbed the public’s attention. Today, however, I’d like to share with you a different perspective on this past legislative session. I’ll let you in on […]

The worse it gets, the more I need baseball. The worse what gets? Well, what have you got? Watched the evening news lately? Some days, the promise of a three-hour break from what novelist Philip Roth called “the indigenous American berserk” draws me like a fountain in the desert. Roth, of course, was a great […]

A billionaire businessman and political outsider ran for office against the establishments of both parties. He promised to bring jobs back to the United States, renegotiate trade agreements, and restore the American worker’s voice in government. No, I am not talking about – in this case – President Donald J. Trump. I am talking about […]