Hell Weeks, Pandemics, and New Paradigms

A College Memory Thankfully, this is no longer politically correct, but way back in my college days, college fraternities had Hell Weeks.  In my case, this was a small, conservative, Baptist college, (and this was well before some of the horror stories of the past few years), so it was more like “Heck Week”, but […]

Impossible Choices for Impossible Times

It was a microcosm of the difficult world we now navigate daily, and apparently it was extremely difficult, even sad, to watch.  One knew it wouldn’t end well, period.  How could it? The recent Branson (MO) Council debate over the face-mask mandate was a perfect example of trying to balance the health of a community’s […]

Assorted Quotes of the Week

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise.  Seek what they sought. Basho I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world . . . And fool enough to think that’s what I’ll find.   Lyrics from a Carpenters song (I Need to Be in Love) The secret to living well […]