Aesop’s ant and the grasshopper fable is on my mind as we enter week three of coronavirus shutdown.  Why weren’t we as a country more prepared? Why didn’t we have…

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”  – Atticus Finch, “To Kill…

“‘People are always meaning well,’ said Edward. ‘That’s often the trouble.’”  ― Penelope Lively, Passing On  I have no doubt legislators have good intentions. The vast majority seem to be…

The past decade seems like an era of huge disconnects, especially if you are talking politics. One side wonders what the heck happened. The other side wonders how anyone can…

All this Ho-Ho-Ho is making me think about R-R-R. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. True, that sounds pretty Grinchy. The holidays do seem like the epitome of consumerism, with $1.1 trillion in…

A good portion of my job as an engineer involves process hazard analysis. A similar approach would help power companies and regulators seeking to reduce fire risk.  This year, the risk-reduction…

As a business owner, and wife of another business owner, I’m not at all bothered by Assembly Bill 5, the newly signed bill that attempts to clarify what an employee…

Today my daughter asked me how I memorized all the street names in town. I don’t have them all memorized, of course, but I explained that before we had Google…

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”  – Maya Angelou, American Author With…

As I write this, I unfortunately wonder where our next mass shooting will be. I wonder how many more kids and parents, journalists, police and coworkers will die in our…