Today is the day that my father died, five years ago.

Today is the day that I had my heart attack, six years ago.

Today is the day that my wife left me, eight years ago.

Today is the day that my best friend [more...]

A few months ago, a little girl, with her parents’ permission and blessing, tried to break the world’s record for being the youngest person to sail around the world by herself.

When she got into trouble out on the ocean, she used [more...]

For many years, I didn’t need, have or use a cell phone.

But I found it very handy to carry and use a pay-as-you-go cell phone while I was one of three caretakers taking care of my favorite uncle 24/7, for several months before he died of cancer.

That same cell phone service was also indispensible during the [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that, at one time, I had to meticulously measure my blood glucose level and give myself insulin injections several times every day.

Though I had always been needle-phobic — throwing up and/or passing out every time I was ever given a shot or a blood test — I knew I didn’t want to have to go through that several times every day, so I chose to [more...]

Because color photography wasn’t widely used until the latter part of the last century, every photograph we ever see of World War II and older events is in black and white.

That makes it easy to erroneously imagine that people back then somehow lived their lives in black and white.

And that can cause us to feel “disconnected” from [more...]