Thinking in Public: Pleasant surprises
I received two packages today from commercial sources that proudly proclaim that prompt, free delivery of their products is assured. In one case, the item was received within 48 hours of ordering.
Thinking in Public: Past the expiration date for safe consumption
If I had been marked with a "best if used by" date, I would have been well past it and trashed 30 years ago. Lately I've felt like that cucumber in the fridge drawer that you forgot about two months ago and stuck your finger through yesterday while reaching for a carrot.
Thinking in Public: Well-known secrets of growing old
"Why don't you write something positive about aging? You know, the good things about growing older?" I looked at this woman, whom I genuinely love with all my heart, suddenly thankful that we had kept up the payments on our long-term care policies.
Thinking in Public: 21st-century plague
This, the plague of the 21st century, seems to me in many ways an endless case of deja vu. Some of the challenges that we faced in the past year and a half I can remember being warned about in my childhood.
Thinking in Public: The little things
“Bob?”
“Yep,” I said with a genuine smile, “it’s me. And I’d know those blue eyes of yours anywhere.”
Thinking in Public: The old man and the Scout
We sat in the old Scout, the engine idling smoothly for a change, waiting for a break in the traffic. The old man, tan and lean, one hand on the steering wheel, spat through his open window and slowly said, “I don't think these fools know this road is a dead end.”
Thinking in Public: Morning on the rock
It’s a beautiful morning on the rock. After an unusually long rainy spell, Ma Nature seems to have slaked her thirst enough to bless us with one of those rare and perfect Maine summer days, sunny and warm with a slight onshore breeze.
