The question of whether or not Texas schools will open in August is still up in the air. The authorities, and by those I mean the school district and the governor’s office are not sure what to do and while they’ve had all summer to think about it, the signals they are sending are far […]
Misunderstanding is rampant, ignorance is the real pandemic, and misjudgments are commonplace, so much so, we rarely even take the time to pay attention and notice them. Plus, there is no solution that I can see on the horizon. Even if we were all educated and “learned”, we would still disagree, I’m sure of it, […]
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It would be nice to know the future, think of the possibilities. It would be almost as good as going to the past. Besides buying all the Apple and Amazon stock at the right time, my walls would be covered in paintings, including all the maestros: from Pablo Picasso to Van Gogh with one or […]
My dad was a smart guy and after a career in psychiatry most of us thought nothing would surprise him ‒ he even thought so ‒ but there is always the exception. I wrote this to point out how hard it is to control oneself and maintain something as simple as a New Year’s resolution, […]
Lots has been written about the cyclical nature of life and I thought a little more could not hurt. And is not just in butterflies or any one particular thing, it’s in everything, everywhere, all the time. What goes up comes down, what starts, stops, then starts again. Sometimes the cycle is short, sometimes long, […]
I had the pleasure to help a friend’s wife with her interview in front of an immigration officer, part of the process of getting a green card. I was there, I was he translator and here is the story. Denton Record Chronicle. The good news is that within seven days she had the card in […]
Sometimes, it’s just good to tell a story. This one is about the time I flirted with gold mining. And I happened to be in a part of the world where a large amount of gold was found during the Spanish conquest, which lasted about 350 years (1520 – 1820 approx). Still and all, due […]
Don’t get me wrong, I like the internet, I like online banking, I like sending an email to my daughter teaching in Taiwan and not having to wait a month to get a reply. And I like having a smartphone in my back pocket. All this is good and well, but having a computer at […]
Here is the link to my essay: Denton Record Chronicle.