Is that all there is to life?

I watched a TV drama focused on harming children–a representation cause and effect, like dominos, as only happens on television. Or does it? After trying for two long days and nights to stop her baby’s fussing, a young single mother accidentally smothers her child as she carries the crying baby back and forth, wrapped in… Read More

Defined or fluid?

SYSTEM or TALENT POOL: On January 4 I presented my theory about dividing coaches into these two general camps. SYSTEM coaches believe in a game plan, a system, which will bring success. Players have very specific roles to play and their responsibility is to learn and fulfill those roles. TALENT POOL coaches adapt their systems… Read More

Wisdom list

I admit it—I’m addicted to NCIS and have been for years. My DVR is set to record all new shows, and my husband and I always watch this way—no commercials. Okay, one other confession. The DVR is also set to record any new Dr. Who shows, but since we downgraded our channels to save money,… Read More

Has technology helped us to become better?

A character in The Truth Teller by Angel Hunt is pretty disgusted with the state of the human race. He says: “… By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has created an abyss of boredom and stupidity that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations ever plumbed. The average blue-collar worker has… Read More

The Klein uncles always made things fun

I love to play games—cards, board games, word games, volleyball, badminton, ping pong,  croquet, shuffle board …  I rarely turn down an invitation to play and am often the one doing the inviting. Let’s start with shuffle board which is usually considered an old person’s game. In my life, it was a picnic or vacation… Read More