I’ve had another battle with the insurance company; you could probably tell that by the title of this piece. It is hardly news, but I have just personally rediscovered that the business motto of all insurance companies is: deny the claim. Yes, deny the claim, and maybe the insured will go away. I bet it…
I know, since only one of my parent’s had a sense of humor, I am only half as funny as I should be. And I know such a silly old expression –so funny I forgot to laugh– dates me. I heard it jeeringly said in the parking lot my Catholic grade school called a ‘play ground’.…
What do you take for granted? It seems like everyone is guilty of not valuing some person or aspect of their lives, until he/she/it goes away. On Tuesday, the power went out during my spirituality group’s meeting. We had gathered in a basement classroom of the church’s ministry building. The food pantry workers were in the…
These immortal words were uttered by my good friend Gary, upon the birth of my daughter Jocelyn. He was quoting an illustrious line from a Dick Van Dyke show that spawned a generation of great “new baby” presents. I have always been impressed by the comic genius of Dick Van Dyke – in fact I…
Rushing around trying to cram Christmas shopping into an already busy schedule adds to everyone’s stress level at this time of the year. It’s a hackneyed statement that couldn’t be more true. It seems we are all bit actors in a bad Holiday Movie; interactions in department stores have been scripted by Seth McFarland. There…
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