Fruitful Detours
No, not another post about the coronavirus. This is about the Bug. Herbie. The Beetle. V-Dub. The Volkswagen Beetle. It’s hard to miss the classic shape of this car. Volkswagen was founded by the German government in 1937 to mass-produce a low-priced “people’s car.” Their headquarters are in Wolfsburg, Germany. Since World War II, the company has […]
Nostalgia I’ve been going through a box of keepsakes recently, taking pictures of items that I no longer want to keep. Going through the box has led me into some forgotten memories — my son’s report card in junior high, the program from my high school graduation, a poem my grandfather gave me, and pictures […]
Everything in life is balanced. Our blood chemistry is sensitive to even small changes. The difference of only a few degrees in temperature can create an environmental disaster. Too much or too little water, and a plant will die. So what does it mean to have a life that is out of balance? Generally when […]
Whenever I travel to Mexico, I am struck by how loud it is. Cars honk constantly in the cities, dogs bark until very late at night, and you never know when you will turn a corner and run into a Mariachi band. People play their music loud enough so that it can be heard for […]