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  This week, my daughter and I are at the beach on Maui, Hawaii, enjoying our first vacation since COVID hit in early 2020.   What makes this vacation extra special is that today, for the first time since Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) damaged her left leg in 2013, Lani got up

  An ordinary Monday evening in March is not likely to be the time when there's a rush on pizza orders.   That's why this week's Pi Day promotion at my favorite local pizza place was so ingenuous. This past Monday, Pi Day, they offered a Buy one/Get a second pizza for $3.14.   Now

  This week I used Airbnb to reserve a week's stay in April at a lovely one bedroom flat...in Kyiv, Ukraine.   Doesn't sound like the best place to be headed for vacation right now, does it?   ?Well, I don't intend to ever actually go there. Instead, this is a way to get funds to people

  Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin began a full-scale assault on Ukraine--tanks, air strikes, and over 120,000 troops against a much smaller, less-equipped country.   There's no question Putin thought his well-planned invasion would cause Ukraine to quickly capitulate to his forces.   But that's not what happened. Instead, Ukrainians--from the president down to

  Yesterday, Vladimir Putin's threats to invade Ukraine went from occupying our mind space, as I mentioned last week, to a physical invasion and attack.   Ukrainians are scrambling for cover, stock and commodity markets are flailing, and Western allies (including NATO) are threatening more and more sanctions--which may hurt the Russian economy,

  Over 150,000 Russians troops now sit on the border of Ukraine. Will Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine and take control of this sovereign nation? Is this just bluster and maneuvering? Is this a serious global threat or is the entire crisis overblown?   None of us know what Putin's plan will be. Maybe

  There's a lot of talk about fairness these days: It's not fair that we still have to wear masks or get vaccinated. It's not fair that we have to work longer hours or do additional tasks because of labor shortages. It's not fair that our Amazon packages aren't showing up

  According to the children's book, if you give a mouse a cookie, he'll ask for a glass of milk, then a straw, then a napkin, etc. One thing leads to another.   This past week, the book Maus, the only graphic novel to ever win a Pulitzer Prize, was banned in Tennessee schools because

  This week, a Merrill Lynch advisor was fired after directing an expletive laden tirade at the workers at a smoothie shop who made his son's drink. He threw a drink at one person and made anti-immigrant comments at another.   Sounds like a straight-forward case of inappropriate racist behavior, right? Not so

  Monday was MLK Day in the US--honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.   It's been nearly 54 years since Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis. Since then, there has been movement forward and back on civil rights. Voting rights acts passed--followed by restrictive voting laws in many states. American electing