1-5-2022 I must have mentioned Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall.” If not, the most famous line is one we all recognize: “Good fences make good neighbors.” It means that boundaries are helpful in human relations. But they are hard. Absent an actual wall, it is difficult to know where they are until you step over…
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12-28-21 You know the joke: “I just flew back from LA and boy are my arms tired.” Well, I just drove back from LA, and boy is my….tired. No kidding, drove 400 miles and came right to the office and started this column, and if there was a way to write it standing up I…
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12-21-21 Yes, today is the winter solstice, although to be fair it is also the summer solstice. As with so many things, where you are defines what is going on. Here in Phoenix, north of the equator, the sun rose at 730 am and will go down at 530 pm. In Cape Town, which I…
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