Va·ca·tion: an extended period of recreation, especially one spent away from home or traveling. By definition, going to school doesn’t count as vacation. Yes, I traveled to Cambridge and I was away from home, but it was more like an academic Beast, with class attendance, reading, researching and writing, scholarly activities that kept me fully engaged. Despite the…
The hardest working, most productive people in the world live in Germany, according to a recent study. The study concluded it had something to do with that fact that Germany is also the country where people take the most vacation. Taking this study to heart, my co-blogger Joan S. Grey and I are going to…
“That means you’ve stood up for something, some time in your life.” Winston Churchill. So many famous people give us so many quotable quotes about bravery and integrity. Sometimes I read them and think – I’m not a famous person, I don’t have any occasion to make a stand or be publicly brave. But I…
7 July 1976. Forty years ago. It was the year of the bicentennial of the United States. A flotilla of tall ships paraded in New York City harbor. And I entered West Point for Beast, probably the most psychologically and physically grueling voluntary seven week of my life. But I and the other 1500 new cadets…
We had such a great time together celebrating the 4th! Me and 23 of my best friends. And no place says “Fourth of July Party” quite like an ocean-viewing beach chair. The weather was perfect and the company even better. But like many grains of sand stuck in the wrong places, all those people gathered…
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