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The Kindness of Strangers

Who says the world isn’t a friendly place? Having lived in thirteen countries on five continents, we met kind and wonderful people everywhere. You don’t even need to speak the same language to become good friends.

When we were… Read the rest

Robert Culp, R.I.P.

Actor Robert Culp died of a heart attack outside his home in Los Angeles last Wednesday.

Culp was best known for co-starring with Bill Cosby in… Read the rest

Mr. Phillips’ Warning – Redux

Last September I wrote an article about my high school Journalism teacher, Mr. Robert Phillips.

The point of the story, in case you either missed the article (click here to read it again) or the underlying message,… Read the rest

Why we’ve been so quiet

We’re not in jail and we’re not hiding out from the IRS. We haven’t joined Al-Qaeda. We’re not hidden away in monasteries. We aren’t climbing Mt. Everest (well, maybe Bob and Claire have considered that possibility!) We… Read the rest

We get emails

I was the surprised recipient of a few personal emails about my recent posting, “Confession: I am a hypocrite.” One comment that I made in that article was the focus of several of these reader responses.

This is… Read the rest

Shangri-la exists!

If you haven’t yet checked in on Bob and Claire Rogers and their trip across China and southeast Asia, please take a moment and click on one of the links in the sidebar and go check out their progress.… Read the rest

Confession: I am a hypocrite

I guess it’s time for me to come clean and admit that I am a hypocrite. Maybe I’m not the worst kind of hypocrite, but a hypocrite just the same.

Let me give you some examples:

I am not… Read the rest

Obama’s Promises

President Obama is in so many ways a welcome improvement over his predecessor, George W. Bush. Obama is an attractive man who presents himself in an articulate, friendly, and yet determined manner, in every speech and at every venue.… Read the rest

Beware: Bank Credit Cards – 2

In a reply to my earlier post, reader Hal Osterbann writes:

“Your article appears to focus on how to avoid keeping your part of the agreement…If in fact you had the funds available – it would seem to… Read the rest

Bob and Claire sample Chinese health care

Bob and Claire Rogers had a little accident yesterday and had to spend a few hours in a local hospital.

I’ll let you take a jaunt over to their site to read their story for yourself,… Read the rest

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