by PJColando | Feb 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Montaigne, the father of the personal essay, penned this famous line: “The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” I couldn’t resist notice of the heart shape of this etching. Thus the date of this post… I also admire...
by PJColando | Feb 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
While some of my Boomer buddies pridefully ascribe to the mantra displayed. Scene Maker seems more apt re the picture, and I’ve discovered a new term that satisfies: Superager for what I hope to be. I am. Here’s what my newly-coined term means: An elderly...
by PJColando | Jan 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
“I have bags in my car,” I frequently say at cash register counters these days. My united state enacted a law to reduce littering via small plastic bags nearly three months ago. To cut trash ‘we the people’ levied a small fine. It was intended...
by PJColando | Jan 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
“The axe forgets but the tree remembers.” I can not tell a lie. This axiom reminded me of a famous children’s book by Shel Silverstein. It’s a classic, fifty years since its first-published date. The Giving Tree is always poignant in its...
by PJColando | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
My favorite book is The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What’s yours? Considered to be Fitzgerald’s magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the...
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