Thursday, March 1, 2007
My dad wears shoes all day. From when he dresses to get out of bed to when he goes to sleep, the man has on a pair of lace-up shoes. Maybe its just me, but I think that’s weird.
I’m lucky if I have on a pair of shoes when I go out in public. I’ve been pulled over and gotten caught driving barefoot.
Monday, Feb.
26, 2007
We are living longer and healthier lives. The downside is that the chance of a spouse dying grows as we age. That being so, late-in-life second marriages are becoming increasingly common among widowed people.
Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007
A friend in college was the undisputed King of Theories. Quite independent of his formal studies, this man thought about and pondered everything under the sun.
Looking back, I can see it was a blessing that I met and knew him and that I was afforded the opportunity to bandy about a few “theories” of my own at an age when ideas about life and living take firm root.
The children are grown and gone. There's just the two of you.
So give yourself a perk. Ours is going out to eat. Once upon a time, I loved to cook.
I even dreamed up recipes in my sleep. But since there's just the two of us, I now find shopping and creating meals has slipped down on the list of things I love to do.
Monday, Feb.
19, 2007
On a quarter-acre plot of backyard at her mother's Rosemary Park home, 32-year-old Alma Guerra is giving her two oldest daughters an opportunity to step out of their American lives. She wants them to experience the same coming-of-age tradition she had at their age in Mexico.
Thursday, Feb.
15, 2007
Over the course of my study I have had, naturally, many teachers. From parents to professors to yogis to colleagues, my course of instruction has been lifelong and wonderfully varied. For this, I consider myself extremely lucky — variety is, after all, the spice of life.
Swinging back and forth in a mesmerizing rhythm, David, left, and Jason Mann glide across the glassy facade of the new Jay and Patty Baker Tower, cleaning windows in preparation for the opening of the addition to NCH Healthcare System's North Naples hospital.
Monday, Feb. 12, 2007
Yes, Florida is well on its way to being covered in concrete.
We got a glimpse of our future recently when we crisscrossed the middle of Florida, traveling via the back roads.
There is an interesting theological notion out there that claims sacrifice is good for the soul. In one way or another, in one translation or another, this thought makes its way into most of the world's major religions.
Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007
Q: We'd like to include a memorial candle-lighting in our ceremony for my late father. Is there a proper way to do it?
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007
How often have you left a doctor's office wondering just what you were told about your health, or what exactly you were supposed to be doing to relieve or prevent a problem? If you are a typical patient, you remember less than half of what your doctor tries to explain.
A 27-year-old newly divorced daughter tells her mother that her boyfriend of two months is moving in with her. A grown son is stressing out over the bills his wife keeps piling up on her shopping sprees.
Monday, Feb.
5, 2007
The artist's mind is focused. Studying the light. How does it fall on the subject?
What shapes does the eye see? What mood is the light creating?
This is about cell phones and Costco and grace.
Has this ever happened to you? You’re at a restaurant, relishing a meal you didn’t have to cook (which to some of us is a religious experience, much like going to a church picnic without needing to take a casserole or fan off the flies.)
Sunday, Feb.
4, 2007
Former Army Staff Sgt. Robbie Doughty lost his legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq. Thomas Sullivan lost 96 colleagues in the Sept.
11 attacks. Laurie Johnson lost her husband and young son in a small plane crash that left her seriously injured. And yet today, all three of them remain positive about life.
They even seem upbeat.
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