Today, I am sharing the following post from Learning Mind, which bills itself as a “source for deep thinkers, lifelong learners and truth seekers.” It’s a fascinating look at the six worst pandemics in world history—at least those pandemics we know about. How many occurred before people kept records of …
This is a little update on how the COVID-19 virus is impacting life here in Southern California. Like millions of others, I am self-isolating. About the only place I have been in the past 10 days is the grocery store where I feel more like a forager than a shopper. …
All of us have struggled to achieve perfection at one time or another. Perhaps it was in our work, in some athletic competition, in some artistic endeavor, or in something as mundane as a home improvement project. For authors, it’s that desire to write the perfect story or novel—something that …
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates just how fragile and precarious life on our planet is. That an invisible (at least to the naked eye) virus has such incredible power over us and can create such pervasive panic is both illuminating and alarming. I am generally an optimist when it comes to …