Color me irrational, but I believe I’m possessed. Disappointingly, my haunting does not come with…
Our family just got back from a short vacation in Costa Rica. While I could pen a thousand words on the beauty and biodiversity of this Central American country, a more intriguing topic is the complex relationship that my wife, son, and I developed…
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Arenal Volcano is one of the most popular tourist spots in Costa Rica and we planned to stay for a couple of days in the nearby town of La Fortuna. Every travel book we’d flipped…
I may have an advanced degree in engineering and work in technology but I’m all thumbs when it’s time for the common handyman tasks around the house. For me, there’s no such thing as a simple fix. Take my last attempt to fixing something that has no electronics, no circuits, no batteries: a faulty…
My 9-year old son talks incessantly about wanting to be a marine biologist when he grows up. My wife and I, wanting not to be outdone as supportive parents, have gushed repeatedly, “We will accompany you on all your ocean expeditions and help you catalog mollusks and invertebrates.” In…
If you live long enough, life teaches you some lessons. Unless, like me, your supply of naive optimism is bottomless. In which case, you earned nothing but “F”s at your neighborhood Hard Knocks Community College. You never made it to the graduation ceremony…
With Covid-19 sticking around like the smell of a dirty wet towel, exercise options aren’t plentiful. Walks and jogs are the default since I moved to Meilen, a sleepy town on the outskirts of Zurich. Meilen’s claim to fame is that Tina Turner lives here. If you went “Tina who?” your reaction…
If you are like me, you’re probably heard this concern more than a zillion times: American school children are falling behind in math and science, putting our country’s competitive future in jeopardy. Of course, nobody talks up our kids’ strengths: spitball accuracy…
My son, along with 30+ other children of varying talent, had to perform at a piano recital last Saturday; food was promised at the event, so I skipped lunch. On arrival, the first thing I found out was food would be served only after the recital was over. The recital started at 3 PM and a quick…