My family and I were scheduled to take an all-day trip in a private car while visiting India. We had been informed Driver Gopal would call us the day before our trip to confirm the arrangements. I messaged when no call came late into the day before. The first call…

I started writing these blogs in June 2020, when we were in the initial months of the pandemic and in the immediate aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in May. This third year anniversary edition is a bit of a travel blog as I am visiting India for the…

Two blogs in one for your pleasure in this edition. When playing a game of cards, a common saying is that you are stuck playing the cards you are dealt. The saying comes from card games where chance is the predominant factor and where even a brilliant mind cannot overcome…

The average worker is being squeezed from all sides. Workers are still fighting for minimum wages let alone earning living wages. Even as higher inflation rates are making their wages worth even less, landlords, citing the same inflation rates, are increasing their rents. What rents are reasonable? In the small…

Getting beyond the residual and lasting impact of racism in America and elsewhere takes all of us. On the surface at least, it appears we can do that together in sports with the following and adoration of Tom Brady and LeBron James. Tom Brady is the most successful quarterback ever…

Who isn’t appalled by what they saw in the video recording of Tyre Nichols being brutally assaulted in Memphis, Tennessee? The young man says, “I’m just trying to go home” to his parents’ house a mere 100 yards away. He didn’t go home. He died three days later. The death…

New year goal setting is a common idea. Taking steps necessary to achieve that goal is a lot less common. This writing is intended for at least these three delightful pairs I met on a recent trip: A friend and his grandson, a niece and her daughter, and a nephew…

Food insecurity is a worldwide problem. Simultaneously, food waste is also a worldwide problem by individuals and businesses. The amount and the extent of food waste are difficult to comprehend. According to one estimate, about 10% of greenhouse emissions may result from methane emission from food that is produced but…

Holidays bring sweetness to some and sadness to others. The sadness may be personal as in my writing from last year or in the collective as in what Thanksgiving means for Native Americans. The focus of this writing is on the sweet. I start with the sweet smell of flowers…