Personal Perspective

Bringing Clarity to Your Writing

Writing is always about bringing clarity to the subject. The more historical research, the greater the clarity a writer can provide. Don'...

Saving Wildlife - and Ourselves

If you have children, care about animals, or need any further reasons to accept that wildlife extinction is a fact of life on our planet...

Keep music in your life, friends!

What is it about music that binds us to time and place? Woodstock, for example. Here it is, 50 years after an event that called . . .

Guest post by artist Kathryn Kleekamp: A Fragile Cape Cod

I am delighted to provide readers an opportunity to savor the reflections and significant talent of Kathryn Kleekamp, a friend and artist...

Wealth: A Perspective

The Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve's Fourth Annual Coastal Conference will be held Dec. 6 - 7 at the Hyannis Resort and ...

Elections

It is four days after arthroscopic knee surgery, and my turtle-speed with a metal walker is steadily improving. Pauli stopped by with a ...

WHEN CHILDREN ARE TEACHERS

No crystal ball could have prepared me for a day in which I would have two grandchildren in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and two grandchildren...

PERSPECTIVE

One of the best things about a party, food and drink aside, is the potential to encounter new people, new ideas and information, or new p...

Redemption

Redemption, the act of being saved from error, sin or evil, is not always a great, substantial event. Sometimes it occurs as just a tiny ...

Time

Last night the seven-member folk group I play with, Just Plain Folk, got together after a long winter break. Before deep and constant snow...

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