Handled with care

Handled with care

By measures of kindness and cleverness, I have the world's very best friends. Their influence on my life flows generationally and my family and I are grateful for them every day. A few weeks ago, for instance, I received an invitation to attend a College Care Package Party. Brilliant, am I right? Similar to a [...]

Stop calling them the Tide Pod Generation!

Stop calling them the Tide Pod Generation!

In 20 BC, Roman poet Horace wrote: Our sires’ age worse than our grandsires. We, their sons, are more worthless than they; so in our turn we give the world a progeny yet more corrupt. The sad human tendency to belittle subsequent generations has existed for more than two thousand years. These days, cranky elders [...]

Here Comes Goodbye

Here Comes Goodbye

She drove my car way more often than I did this summer, and borrowed my clothes as a matter of course. "Hey, is that my...?" I'd asked. "Yes, it is!" she'd answer cheerfully as she headed out the door. She left coffee grounds in her press on the kitchen counter and piled shoes by the [...]