SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS HAPPEN!  And yet, we tend to remember only the bad ones.  Every day is filled with these yucky events:  we lose our car keys, forget a meeting, our printer runs out of ink right before we need that document. Went down to Laguna Beach last month and put money in the parking meter next to my car, not mine (wasn’t paying attention), so got...

ELECTIVES vs CORE SUBJECTS strongly suggests a value judgement, don’t you think?  But it wasn’t always like that. When we are little, our parents seem equally impressed with our ability to draw a sun with stick rays as they are our ability to write our names.  Just about anything we do, including pooping in the toilet, is greeted with big smiles of...

DOESN’T THIS LOOK REFRESHING?  No matter what your gathering, Saturday Salon, family picnic, or just a lazy Saturday at home, throw some cucumber, strawberries, or citrus slices into some cool, clear water and serve.  My favorite combo is lime, mint and cucumber. You and your guests will love it.  And it will clear out the pipes  We all need a little...

MOTHER’S DAY, like most holidays, can be joyous or sad, and often both.  If all of your children are happy, healthy, can stand on their own two feet, and love you, it’s a happy day!  Even if your children live many miles away, (one of my sons is in South Africa today), if you know they love you and you have many happy memories together, it’s a...

SATURDAY SALON QUESTION:  How responsible are we for what happens on the other side of the globe? BANGLADESH is not a convenient place to do business.  No good roads, unreliable electricity, and not exactly the most politically stable.  So why has it become so popular as a manufacturing site for clothing?  Walmart thinks it’s a great place to do business....

THERE IS NO PURE SCIENTIST, TEACHER, WRITER, mother, father or friend.  Everyone has an agenda separate from the common good.  No one is pure. But there are pure moments, pure love, pure discoveries, interactions and works that culminate in the common good.  Human beings are capable of wonderful things, even in our imperfection. So find yours.  I am inspired by...

GUESS WHAT? RICH KIDS DO BETTER IN SCHOOL.  We all know that, but guess what?  Test scores have actually been RISING for THREE DECADES here in America.  Bet you haven’t heard that in the news lately. An average 9-year old today knows more math than an average 11-year old just one generation ago. According to this study, including race, coming from a wealthy...