Monday Morning Mojo

Our new dog, Kaya, is a timid soul. She experienced some sort of trauma before we rescued her and does not display any form of aggression toward people. I have seen her sit on our living room couch and watch calmly as strangers entered our home. But, fireworks and thunder are another story. To those […]

My wife and I walked with our dog, Kaya, in one of the city parks here in Bethesda, Maryland, when we had a chance to see two deer eating close to the trail. They were obviously used to people as they took a moment to look directly at us and then kept feeding on the

Yesterday was America’s Juneteenth and today we have a federal holiday that allows every employed American to take a day from work to consider what this holiday is all about. On June 19, 1865, some two months after Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox, Va., those in Galveston, Texas were informed that enslaved

A few weeks ago while visiting my son for his commencement ceremony in Amherst, Massachusetts, my daughter, Ruchi, and I decided to go vegan. I made a big switch a couple of years ago after watching the movie, GameChangers (which I recommend – it focuses on world-class athletes who are vegan). I stopped eating beef,

In the picture to the left I am dancing with my daughter, Ruchi, at a wedding we attended Saturday. The weather could not have been better, and the company was grand. It was the wedding of a very close friend who is about 25 years younger than me. I was glad to be able to

Here in the USA Memorial Day is a holiday reserved for honoring those who gave their lives in service to our country while serving in the military. Did you know that the first Memorial Day service was held less than a month after the end of the Civil War by Blacks just freed from enslavement?

  The picture above is my son, Gabriel, his back to the camera, walking across the stage to accept his undergraduate degree from Hampshire College in their first live commencement since the pandemic. It was taken Saturday and a personal great joy for me to see him acknowledged for the work he did in college,

Mental health is in the news right now. It’s on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post every week if not more often. The topic is a wide one covering everything from schizophrenia to substance use disorders, from mild depression and anxiety to suicidal ideation. It

I know that the word is out that watching cat movies on YouTube is a total waste of time and one of the fruitless occupations of the 21st century. However, I have an application! Actually, I don’t watch cat movies, but I do watch dog movies – and far be it from me to hold

Coming back from a recent business trip I felt pretty low, and so upon entering my house before I could hug my wife and daughter I made a dash for the Covid test. There it was, a second solid line bold as could be indicating that I had the dreaded coronavirus. Fortunately, I have been