Well, it happened. I came down with a formidable illness and a week later I tested positive for COVID-19. I had taken a few risks since March of last year and skated through. I mostly followed quarantine protocols, though. Christmas presented a couple significant exposures, but it’s really unknown how I got it. I was […]
There’s a lot of talk out there about what a terrible year 2020 has been. For many, it’s been a year of walking through fire. First responders must have that thought, at least from time to time. It’s been a year of adjustments for most of us. Even if you don’t socialize, your life has […]
“Let it be a dance we do. May I have this dance with you? Through the good times and the bad times, too, let it be a dance. Let a dancing song be heard. Play the music, say the words, and fill the sky with sailing birds. Let it be a dance. Let it be […]
In working toward an answer to the above question, we have established that news organizations have become increasingly biased in their reporting and thus less trusted by the public at large. Political agendas leaning left or right result in a slanting of the information provided to sway our opinion in a direction desired by those […]
At the end of the first installment of this article, we had established that trust of the media is very low. The question of whether journalism has been abandoned by journalists deserves greater examination without prejudice. That’s where we begin. Truth Decay The first stop on my journey into the state of journalism is The […]
My limited experience as a journalist is practically immaterial. I wrote sports for two separate newspapers as an independent contractor. It was a long time ago. Like most of us, I’ve read a lot of journalism and seen a lot of it on TV. Oh, and I just learned that in 2011 the United States […]
It’s a poetic word, not so much in the way it sounds, but in how it brings to mind images worthy of poetry. It might be debatable, but to me an artisan is someone who is living a life of poetry. The first thoughts that arise when I think of an artisan are leather, a […]
I have observed that a lot of people are attracted to certain popular songs by either the music or the lyrics. Some clearly make their judgments based on how much the music pleases them while others look to the lyrics to decide if they like the song. I see no reason to reject a song […]
I recently finished the Netflix series The Politician. I was drawn to it because it held the promise of examining that breed of person who chooses a life of public service over private enterprise. Over the course of the last 55 years or so, I’ve been taught through experience to take a wary and even […]
In these times when it can seem the world and even your own life is beyond your control, it’s time to be reminded that you have more of an impact than you think. I’d like to examine how your thoughts, feelings and actions create an effect spanning from the metaphysical to the practical. We should […]