Concentric Circles of Care
Even little kids know what it feels like to have a problem they can’t solve. I experienced that many times, once in particular when I was 12 years old. The neighborhood where we lived had a small creek running through part of it, and next to that creek was a big, old, tree. There was […]
The Illusion of Control
My wife and I were having ice cream with friends in a strip mall shop. We’d been to dinner and were finishing off the evening with a couple of the 31 available flavors when the door blew open. To be fair, the man who came in with the wind might have put his hand on […]
Let’s talk about money
Money is always a popular topic. Having money may be more popular than talking about it, but since most of us don’t think we have much of the stuff we make it conversational. This is not new. In 1956 English novelist and wit Nancy Mitford edited a light collection of essays called Noblesse Oblige. The […]
