“Pay attention!”  The drill instructor screamed as I pivoted the wrong way.  “What is wrong with you? Why weren’t you paying attention?” ...

Is the glass half-full or half-empty?  The age-old question to determine if you’re an optimist or a pessimist.  I’m sure many of us know...

Mark Twain once said that “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did.” As...

“Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat Please [do] put a penny in the old man's hat If you haven't got a penny, [then] a ha'penny...

November isn’t the best month in New England. Leaf peeping season has just passed, the weather is getting colder and the days are...

“We are addicted to outrage,” read the article headline. Sounds about right to me, I thought, although I never read the article. It...

I went on vacation this summer, and I had to fly on an airplane. I remember flying for the first time when I was 14 years old. It was...

Life can be painful. Perhaps we’ve experienced loss and we have a painful memory, or maybe we have an ailment or an injury that just...

The Koh-i-Noor diamond is believed to be the most valuable diamond on earth. This diamond is a sizeable rock of 105.6 carats and is part...

June is quite a month, usually it is warming up outside, trees have blossomed and flowers have bloomed. There are graduation ceremonies,...

May! Finally spring has sprung and we are getting some warmer weather. New England has a wild climate, where it can be 35℉ in the...

I’m not sure if you’re anything like me, but I suspect we have some things in common, we are all human after all. Have you ever...

By the time March 1st hits many of us have given up on those “New Year Resolutions”. We are well on our way to Mardi Gras and St....

Running on empty…I remember when I was in high school my brother drove a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. He was a few years older than...

When I was growing up my grandmother lived with us. My “Nana” was a hard working woman, born around the time World War I was starting. ...

“It takes a village to raise a child.” If you are a parent, I’m sure you can relate. At some point we realize that we cannot meet each...

November can be a tough month. The days continue to get shorter, and the weather keeps getting colder. Maybe “Thanksgiving” was added...

But mom, the seatbelt is too tight! I’m not comfortable…Do you remember getting buckled too tightly and you can’t move an inch. Maybe...

Mixed emotions. I’m sure we’ve all had them. Those moments when you are both simultaneously happy and sad. Perhaps it’s a wedding day...

I enjoy taking pictures, but I wouldn’t say I’m a photographer. With the advent of digital cameras, and now smartphones, anyone can take...