When a storm is coming, all other birds seek shelter. The eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an eagle’s and soar above.” – Author Unknown

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We all know what bullhead-itis is, even though it’s a word I coined myself last week! Recently we moved to a new home in a different town for medical reasons. Our older new neighbor across the street was very helpful Read more…


You may not be familiar with this name, but you do know him! After his parents drove from their Norwalk, Connecticut home for his birth, Warren Wilhelm, Jr. was born in a Manhattan hospital, with a silver spoon in his Read more…


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Anger has been causing riots, murders, and damage to public property. How can we cancel anger? Anger is a complex problem. People feel this emotion when they have unmet needs and expectations. No feeling is ever wrong, but how we Read more…


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Life can be easier in America! Here is one suggestion… Due to too much tension, life at the moment life is hard in many US cities. Rioters have physically destroyed businesses. They have also destroyed public property and some have Read more…


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Happy Fourth of July! Do you remember the song by Prince called “1999”?  When I was in high school, we danced to a song called “1999’ by a popular musician named Prince. This song addressed a concern during the Reagan Read more…


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Sometimes the words we use every day take on a new meaning. On September 5, 2019, I had major orthopedic surgery. Unfortunately, that particular area of my body suffered injury too soon after the surgery, and complex regional pain syndrome Read more…


Did you know you and your fellow citizens can help return life to normal?  Do what Japan does! On May 7, 2020, coronavirus claimed twenty-one lives in Japan. In the United States on the same day, many more died—2,129. The Read more…


Bored silly? Trying to pass the time until life returns to “normal”? Restaurants, movie theaters, and malls are closed. Sport events are cancelled. There is nothing to do but stay home and wait out the virus, for however long it Read more…


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The coronavirus symptoms differ from any other virus. Do you know what these differences are?   You feel sick and you’re sneezing and coughing, and your temperature is a bit higher than normal. However, there are no coronavirus test centers Read more…


HANDLE EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH WITH GREAT CARE! It’s possible to contract coronavirus from something you purchase, a package, or piece of mail—especially an Amazon package. How can you minimize or eliminate this risk? This morning an Amazon package appeared by Read more…

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