Are you happy? If so, why? I ask this question because for the 6th year in a row the United Nations World Happiness Report has ranked Finland as the happiest nation on earth, despite opinions to the contrary expressed by its very own citizens. “I wouldn’t say that I consider us very happy,” said Nina … Continue reading HAPPINESS HIGH
Just as ‘long covid’ symptoms still exist for some medical patients who developed the virus, so does the bad behavior that seemed to erupt during those first long months of deprivation and isolation. The pandemic revealed the underbelly of societal selfishness which was always hovering just below the surface of our world and has now … Continue reading INCIVILITY RULES
I’m a talker. So, working as a reporter for many years was a natural career choice for me. Soon enough though you learned that asking probing questions was only half the job. Ernest Hemingway described the second, more elusive requirement. “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.” Indeed. There is an art to … Continue reading THE GIFT OF GAB -Curing chaotic conversation
There is no finer representation of “later in life” joy than finding love when you least expected it. Like after the loss of a beloved spouse, for instance. Love lost and then found again is magical for everyone, however it does seem to happen to men more often than women, I think. But whether it’s … Continue reading Death Defying Dating
During this pandemic, I am reminded of the famous sailor and Massachusetts native, Dodge Morgan. In 1986, he became the first American to sail solo around the world. He did it in a record breaking 150 days, without ever stopping, in a sloop that measured sixty feet long. Nice accommodations for a week long voyage, … Continue reading Take Your Time-Corona Advice
Celebrating 60 was a long time in coming for me. “It’s shocking,” I would say to friends as it started to sink in that August was right around the corner, and I was fast approaching a milestone I did not look forward to. My reaction would not have surprised anyone. I had always been age … Continue reading AN UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY
Whether it comes from under the tree or from somewhere else, Christmas is a time for surprises. Like running into the shoe god Christian Louboutin at Claridges and feeling self satisfied as he cast an approving nod in my direction. Specifically, at my luncheon selection- An impressively big, bulky cheeseburger accompanied by slender golden potatoes, … Continue reading Christmas Surprise
Were it not for the Herculean photographic efforts of Bermudian Scott Stallard remote parts of our world would perhaps remain little known to us. Like the wild terrain of Antarctica or the mysterious, forbidding life in Iran, his most recent and favorite trip. “Iran was memorable for its people, (and) its 5000 year history,” said … Continue reading The World Through Stallard’s Eyes
“Are you going around the world just because you can?” asked Aldo our Quantas flight attendant as we set off on our 18 hour journey from Sydney back home to Bermuda. “Um, Yes,” I said. Although it was a question that on its face might have suggested the presumption of flimsy extravagance I sensed something … Continue reading Go… Because You Can
Burning Daylight 