Good morning …

I can’t say I’ve always been a morning person, but I am now, and I like it that way. I don’t need an alarm clock to get up before our part of the globe turns its face to the sun, when the darkness rests like a blanket on the ground, punctuated here and there by...

A poor Facebook friend …

I can’t keep up with Facebook. For one thing, I don’t really try: it takes enough energy to keep up with the people I can see, without frequently checking to see who’s online and what they’ve been up to.Facebook used to send me an email when...

A city in a box?

While economic gloom hangs over much of the world, electronics giant Cisco and other businesses are drooling over the business potential in a new wave of “instant cities” designed for up to a million people each.Songdo, a new city along South Korea’s...

There’s nothing like a rule …

People who live in subdivisions are familiar with something called a “Homeowners’ Covenant.” It’s basically a list of rules for what you can and can’t do with your own house and land. Home buyers are supposed to read the covenant before...

Musical Segregation

Music is sometimes described as universal, and I suppose it is. Songwriters often think of their music as a way to bring people together (think “We Are The World”), but I was reminded Wednesday night that musical tastes can also divide.Jan and I attended a...