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 When Did I Start So Going Fast? As Thoreau once said, “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” This quote has always made me wonder about the tempo I…

Man in Command Recently, we had a presidential election and a new president will be sworn into office in January. The old man in command of the United States of America, will be replaced with the new man in command.  In my lifetime, I’ve lived under the rule of eleven different presidents beginning with Dwight…

Religious Education My parents introduced me to God in the best way they knew how. Both Mom and Dad were raised Catholics, so of course, they raised their offspring in the same way.  Part of the Catholic religion included infant baptism. I have a picture of being held by my Godparents while a gentle stream…

Educate Me Please I returned to college in my late forties to earn a bachelor’s degree and a public school teaching certification.  Of all the required courses, I was most challenged with math. Often, while attempting to  read, understand and work my way through equations in a math class, I’d later dissolve into a puddle…