Tag: cell phone

  • poverty with plenty

    Abundance in the midst of a recession. It is the only way to describe the current economic crunch. The sharp financial downturn of recent years has increased the unemployment to double digits. Requests for services from charitable organizations and federally funded assistance programs have risen significantly. Shopping has increased at thrift stores, consignment shops and…

  • technological advances and declines

    The conversation flowed that day with energy and information until someone picked up their phone, punched in a number and began talking. We sat in shocked silence while the rude one talked. It wasn’t my first experience with a deliberate, chosen technological intrusion – that occurred during the early years of car phones. A young…