Month: March 2012

Hefting a case heavy with brown books stuffed with information, the salesman approached my parents for a conversation. He left with an order and returned later with the set of encyclopedias my parents had purchased. My sisters, brothers and I may have worn hand-me-down clothes, we may have had to share beds and eat simple…

The late Agatha Christie’s novels still sell because she carefully built the personalities and relationships of the characters as well as the stories – many have been made into movies. But lost in the modern interpretation of Christie’s books are her interwoven discussions of morals which contrast sharply with today’s blithe accepting sigh, “As long…

Between my husband’s white hair and my graying hair, we fit right in with the majority of folks eating out these days, but we don’t frequent restaurants. It’s not that we don’t want to go. My husband so wanted to go to the Nameless Franchise, (there are none in this town) that he bought us…

The largest sea evacuation in history used to be the 1940, nine-day evacuation of 339,000 British and French soldiers following the Battle at Dunkirk, when the Germans battled them back to the coast. That changed in 2001 when the largest sea evacuation took place in our time, in our country, on the southern shore of…

The severely mentally ill need help – including intervention when they may not want it. About half of those diagnosed with bipolar disorder hold down jobs and blend into society. Most chronically depressed individuals also somehow manage. But, all too often those burdened with schizophrenia, paranoia or both can barely cope as their erratic brain…