by Ken Sehested | Oct 14, 2019 | Opinion
I remember the day my wife, Nancy, came home, late afternoon, walked straight to the kitchen where I was cooking dinner, and said, “Well, I thought I’d heard it all, but I got a new one today!” “What’s that?” I said in a solicitous voice – as solicitous as one can be...
by Ken Sehested | Sep 18, 2019 | Opinion
We need to recognize, and adjust in appropriate ways, to the fact that we humans maintain a perverse fascination with disaster. I’ll leave it to psychologists to explain why precisely, but this habit is easily illustrated: from slowing down to view the scene of a...
by Ken Sehested | Aug 15, 2019 | Opinion
The grocery stores’ circulars in the newspaper caught my attention one recent slow morning in mid-August. I began to wonder how things might be different if certain fortunes were reversed. Instead of “back-to-school,” it’s “back-to-basic-training” discount offers....
by Ken Sehested | Nov 23, 2011 | Opinion
Gratitude is surely among the precious few, truly renewable energy sources available to the human creature. The hearts of both giver and receiver grow larger in the process. Saying thanks, especially beyond the demands of simple etiquette, is among the most available...
by Ken Sehested | Jan 5, 2011 | Opinion
There are three versions of what Epiphany (“Manifestation”) is meant to commemorate in the church’s calendar. One of those traditions celebrates Jesus’ baptism on Jan. 6. Another tradition links Epiphany Sunday with the birth of Jesus. Yet...
