I remember from my childhood that there was a surfeit of jokes that began with the question, “Why did the chicken cross the road?” The most common response was, “To get to the other side.” For some reason, that punch line frequently stimulated laughter. To this day, I do not know why. My favorite “Why…

Most families have at least one “conversationalist” in the bunch. I won’t talk about my immediately family, in order to not find myself in dutch. My favorite uncle, however, I will mention. Uncle Fred, now deceased for over 23 years, was a skilled and well-practiced raconteur. One unique thing about uncle Fred was that, even…

Sitting a few weeks ago in an airport out west (Salt Lake City), I was reminded that there are many good people in the world. People who take care of our possessions when we have need. People who speak to us kind words, even when they do not know who we are. Even when they…