Getting over Covid

A few days ago I was sitting with my wife at the counter of our favorite breakfast spot. Normally we meet another couple there and sit at a table, but they were traveling. Knowing many of the staff, the counter gives us a place to greet them, watch the activity in the kitchen and at […]
I think, therefore I do good

My apologies for that title to René Descartes, who famously wrote, “Cogito, ergo sum” (I think, therefore I am). He actually first wrote it in French (Je pense, donc je suis) in 1637. I won’t argue whether his ability to think proved that he existed, but I will roundly applaud the fact that Descartes thought. […]
Brain Trust

When I walked into the room Monday morning, the guests had not arrived. Three members of our team were preparing the check-in table, but the tables and chairs were empty and the walls were blank. By the time I left Tuesday afternoon the walls were blank again, and the chairs and tables empty. But in […]