My 3 Cents – What’s New? Seeing Linda Ronstadt at the Kennedy Center Honors recently, I was reminded of the album of standards she recorded with Nelson Riddle. Her rendition of the 1939 hit, “What’s New?” by Haggart and Burke… (READ MORE)
Education vs. Knowledge Not that anyone has asked recently, but in the past, I always said of all my achievements in life the one I was most proud of was earning my degrees. (Duquesne University B.S. in Music and Master… (READ MORE)
Read I doubt she had time to read when she was in her prime. Fulfilling the duties of a 50’s housewife and raising four children occupied most moments of the day. My mother had occasional help with the cleaning,… (READ MORE)
Why Go to D.C.? Endless number of possibilities arose while discussing our vacation destination. I’d never been to Portugal, that sounded delicious; good food, great wines. Love the Far East. A new bride in the family extended an invitation to… (READ MORE)
Not Normal “Reach out and touch somebody’s hand, make this world a better place, if you can.” We go about our day busy with whatever we think is important; a new project at work, a visit to the gym, a… (READ MORE)
“Going Dark for a Day” Today may seem like the oddest of days to “Go Dark.” Since the Internet was invented (Thanks, Al Gore?) I have been a constant user. Before the Internet, I was an avid “news watcher.” But… (READ MORE)
Why Bother Voting? Blah, blah, blah. The news drones on and on, each day’s headlines are worse than the day before. Whether you get your news from television (you have two choices – FOX or any other channel), the Internet… (READ MORE)
“Reading” You never really miss something you take for granted until it’s gone. I can’t imagine not being able to hear music (which has always been important in my life) or not being able to walk about freely (also been… (READ MORE)
VOLUNTEER [noun] a person who does something, especially helping other people, willingly and without being forced or paid to do it. Definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary Funny, I always think of “volunteer” as a verb, not a noun,… (READ MORE)
“…, too.” Such a little word “too.” Sometimes it carries great weight as in the past few months attached to the “Me, too” movement. Sometimes it takes on questionable meaning like when you tell someone “I love you” and he… (READ MORE)