By Michael Patrick O’Brien– It’s a common question. I heard my mother ask it and my older brother too. As I get older, I better understand why they asked it.…
Posts published in March 2020
By Jathan Janove (Guest Contributor)– My longtime, close friend Suzanne Tornquist is a virtuoso artist. (You can see her work at: http://suzannetornquist.com/) When we visit Salt Lake City, my wife…
By Jathan Janove (Guest Contributor)– My cousins Steffi and Paul have long since been retired. Yet, you wouldn’t get a sense of that from how busy they keep themselves, including…
By Gary Topping– Ever since the onset of the corona virus, when health officials began recommending closure of businesses, cancellation of large gatherings, and voluntary quarantines, I have been thinking…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– It is the classic movie scene of the apocalypse film genre—tall buildings, intact but abandoned, on a deserted street, where the only sound or sign of…
By Jathan Janove (Guest Contributor)– Since the bars were closed this St. Patrick’s Day, I figured I needed to do something different with my old friend Michael Patrick O’Brien, creator…
By Gary Topping– My wife and I are both over seventy, so we are expected to self-quarantine while the corona virus is going around. At first it seemed a bit…
By Michael Patrick O’Brien– Drinking whiskey. My cousin calls it the “Irish virus.” Given my personal experience and family history, I am both drawn to and fearful of it. Someone…
By Gary Topping– For several years now, my wife Marianna has been spending a February weekend with a friend of ours in Seattle. The primary purpose of the visit is…
By Jathan Janove (Guest Contributor)– My Aunt Inga and Uncle John met as young schoolteachers embarking on their careers. Now in their 80s, they’ve been together ever since. They currently…