After two weeks of wondering about, and praying for, the folks aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the news has come that all 239 of the people on-board the plane were lost. The presumption is that the plane went down in the Indian Ocean. It is believed that pieces of the wreckage are the items showing [...]
Tag: mourning
Everybody loved Toby.
I lost a friend yesterday. He was the best friend I had in my neighborhood. I will miss him terribly. His name was Toby and he was my neighbors' Golden Retriever. I realize that it likely says something about me that my best friend in the neighborhood was a dog and not a person. I [...]
Mayberry just won’t be the same…
I recognized something today - my collection of Facebook friends expressed greater sadness at Andy Griffith's passing than Whitney Houston's passing. I find that oddly comforting. Not that I am diminishing the passing of Whitney - I am not; rather, I am acknowledging the valuation difference the folks I know have placed on these two losses. [...]
THE NEW FORTY 