The house is far from complete. The trusses for the roof are bare, and the skeleton structures of the wall hint at what the house will look like, when it is ready. Yet, even at this early stage,  I can see the visible excitement in their … [Read more...]

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse gift will find a fitting place.Margaret Mead … [Read more...]

Can you count on one hand, the number of true friends in your life? As we travel through life’s journey, we come across those who touch our lives and define the kind of people we turn out to be.  Some friends become distant, yet fond … [Read more...]

The routine is all too familiar. She heads out of town and the dogs look at me with confused eyes, and strange bewilderment. Where is she? Is she even coming back? They are incomplete, as am I, when she is gone.  At least I know that she will … [Read more...]