Viewpoint

It’s June and graduations are all around us. I’m offering something which hopefully will inspire some consideration. A little background to set this column: Johnson O’Connor (1891–1973) was initially a student of astronomical mathematics. Due [Read More…]

That was a question gently asked by a psychotherapist/friend after a casual but simplistic and opinionated statement I made which: A) she knew far more about than I, and B) was true to her professional [Read More…]

…motivates us to look for answers, understanding and the safety of the known. Whether it’s about our health or our finances or our relationships, uncertainty about the future can inspire worry, stress and anxiety. With [Read More…]

…because I’m writing this in October and you’re reading it in December. There’s been a polarized political election; hopefully the results are clear, there’s a new executive team, maybe a new legislature, in control in [Read More…]

Living by myself as I have for about 15 years, since my youngest daughter started college, has been a new chapter, like coming home after a lot of activities. It’s been very nice. Adapting to [Read More…]

Every morning at a motel on Warwick Boulevard (and I’m sure at countless fast food locations and cafés all over the world), some group of retirees gathers to sort out (and solve) current event issues. [Read More…]

Years ago, while teaching massage in Virginia Beach, I always gave the following advice to our graduating students: “If you’re ever in an assisted living facility or a nursing home, reach out to just touch [Read More…]

Last year I wrote a Viewpoint column about realizing, in retrospect, we’d past the time for participating in certain activities. For example, with life just flowing along naturally and becoming aware that say, skiing (which [Read More…]

Calvin & Hobbes, a syndicated comic strip from the late 1980s into early 1990s, was very popular, clever and full of current events/philosophical commentary. I have one strip laminated and still on my fridge. Calvin [Read More…]

December is sandwiched between two of my favorite holidays —Thanksgiving, because of its family focus and its message of being thankful for all we have, and New Year, because of its focus on new and therefore [Read More…]

For the last few years as I sit by myself while reading on my beach, a lady walks by, always by herself, earbuds in, walking purposefully, eyes straight ahead. A month or so ago I [Read More…]

I guess most of you reading this won’t see the benefit of driving to a barn/farm every morning at sunrise to do…well, chores. I mean, as a culture we’ve progressed beyond agricultural (physical chores) to industrial [Read More…]