Social Chaos
There’s nothing like a good rant
Aging has changed me to a point where many things I once enjoyed are now things I just can’t take. This includes much of the TV fare of today. For example, take those appalling Housewives. Most are rich (thanks to rarely, if ever, seen husbands) and seem to do nothing but shop and bitch, eat…
Spend time remembering your special saints
Though historical information is sketchy, some studies believe the practice of trick or treating comes from the Middle Ages, when the poor would go from door to door receiving food in exchange for their prayers for the families’ departed, in order to help them get into heaven and out of purgatory. In some places it…
High school class reunions are like going back to the future
Casually interested in my high school classmates I have kept up with the gossip, I mean, the news through a few old pals, but I never attended the reunions until recently when my curiosity peaked and I sallied forth to the rock-bound coast of Maine for my 50th. About 60 classmates plus spouses showed up…
You can create your own joy
I know people who are addicted to watching the news. I mean, they flip from one news channel to the next, get newsmagazines, read articles online and get texts and tweets about breaking headlines. You know what they’ve found? They’re more informed, yes, but they are also more depressed. Sometimes it seems that our world…
Join in the fun of Halloween
Of course, “full-time” drag queens and kings are people who love to dress up. But every weekend they are joined by accountants, doctors and hamburger flippers who turn into leather-loving bikers, cowboys, T-shirt-and-jeans bears and many other costumed characters. For the rest of us, there’s always Halloween. All Hallows Eve is nearly upon us, and…