Life in the Slow Lane

It was a quiet moment as we sat in the cool breeze of early evening. She was living with me then, her health deteriorating to the point we knew her time was near. At 93, even tinier than her original...

It was just after Dawn, the sky just light enough for a silhouette as I sat overlooking my wooded back yard, steaming mug of freshly ground coffee in hand. Suddenly I saw it: this large elusive bird not frequently...

"Kill me or let me die," were Alan's dying words, one month after the trauma of his forced eviction from a nursing home that didn't want him anymore. Those words still haunt my sister and I, knowing in our hearts...

This is a true story. Those harmed by it are now out of harm's way. It's time for it to be told. "Alan" is not his real name. "They're going to kill me here," he quietly said to his wife....

Chances are the fish some of you ate for dinner recently was older than you are. It might have been prepared superbly and accompanied by all the appropriate accoutrements that made for a stellar meal. It didn't smell "fishy,"...

"We'll get you any information you need. Just let my assistant know and she'll pull it together." I was just wrapping up a meeting with a new client and would soon be looking into why sales weren't meeting goals and...

"He was killed last week," she said. Somehow I wasn't very surprised when she told me about George. He'd been dying for forty years. Those of us who grew up in the Vietnam War era lost friends either in Southeast...

I first released this article (minus a few additional words) 26 years ago for a major insurance and financial services corporate publication. Recent events made me realize such a discussion is never out-dated, whether in a corporate, political, social, or...

People often ask why I decided to volunteer in Africa three years ago, and as importantly, how I made the decision. I'd been really busy the preceding few years and was ready to do something that would "get my feet...

Complete the following sentence: Happiness is..... Some readers will have an immediate answer: success at love, work, health, friends, family. But few can say they're happy in all ways all the time. Even if one could, how does one...