There were only two words in the headline in USA Today, but most of us understand the urgency of those two words: “Blood needed!” They were talking about an alarming shortage of blood available in blood banks due to a severe winter, a holiday season,...

One of the temporary after effects of my wife’s bout with hepatitis years ago was some memory loss. Now, I forget a lot of things and I don’t have an excuse. Well, for a while, my wife had a great excuse for forgetting some things, because that memory...

For any of us who were alive at the time, we’ll never forget those images of the World Trade Center attacks and those heroic rescue efforts that followed them. One moment still sticks with me. It hit me. It was this interview with a big guy who was helping...

I guess it’s possible to get lost in a computer. There was an article I read a while ago that talked about how some business leaders were complaining about this emerging problem with some of their computer people. They were talking about computer technicians...

It was very cold in our house. I was the first one awake that morning, and as I scampered through our personal Arctic I checked the thermometer. It said 50 degrees. I called Mr. Furnace to come. In the meantime, I turned on the kitchen stove, opened the door and...