Season Two, a faux review by Rich Paschall Last year at this time we were hoping this depressing story would not be renewed for a second season. By mid-July, it looked like there would be no new episodes. But one… Read More ›
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TO TRAVEL OR NOT TO TRAVEL
That Is The Question, by Rich Paschall Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take flight against the clouds of doubt, And by opposing end them. (with apologies to William… Read More ›
OUR PANDEMIC LEGACY – RICH PASCHALL
What We Have Learned So Far, by Rich Paschall While we certainly have not put this long social nightmare behind us, we have learned a lot along the way. These are some of the highlights, or in most cases, lowlights…. Read More ›
OUR PANDEMIC LEGACY II – RICH PASCHALL
What Else We Know, by Rich Paschall In many ways, my mother, and her mother too, were products of The Great Depression. My mother was born in 1920. She was nine was when the stock market crashed and the economy… Read More ›
PACK UP AND GO HOME
One Year On, by Rich Paschall It was just one year ago when our boss called the whole group into the conference room for a meeting. The odd thing about it was that after a year at the airline, I… Read More ›
COVID’S TRICKY AND TREACHEROUS
I feel safer having gotten at least the first half of my vaccination and even better that Garry has gotten both shots. So why — and everyone wants the answer to this — should we still need masks? Double masks… Read More ›
WHERE THE HELL IS THE VACCINE?
From “The Washington Post,” comes this nugget of wisdom of all living previous presidents, minus #45: “Former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama — who starred in an Inauguration Day video playing up the democratic transfer of power —… Read More ›
LIVE FROM YOUR LIVING ROOM
OR FROM YOUR KITCHEN, by Rich Paschall Years ago, decades actually, I would go see performers at a local piano bar. There were several I particularly liked and I tried to see them when they were playing one of the… Read More ›
THE FORGOTTEN PANDEMIC – RICH PASCHALL
World AIDS Day, December 1st, by Rich Paschall While we have been busy with two pandemics, COVID-19 and stupidity, another has been pushed to the side. It is still deadly, still contagious, and still has no cure. Since 1988 December… Read More ›
A SHORT EXCERPT FROM TODAY’S BOSTON GLOBE
This piece from yesterday’s Boston Globe hit me like a rock in the head. I understand we are all frustrated, grouchy, and possibly poor — and suffering poverty and helplessness in the face of this pandemic. That being said, I… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING AND ISN’T IT JUST ONE BIG GIGANTIC MESS?
Share Your World 11-17-2020 I think we can all agree that our world is one big mess right now. A lot of it is the result of the pandemic. It has wrecked the economy. Ruined our social lives. Killed off… Read More ›
WE ARE NOT GOING BACK
From the Battleground, by Rich Paschall You may have heard a lot about returning to normal or getting back to business. Some politicians want things to return to the way they were, by that they mean pre-pandemic. But here is… Read More ›
Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth 