This summer, I’m thrilled to see the crisscrossing contrails of airline flights returning to the summer skies. Back in the day, in career # 1, I worked about 2000 flights for American Airlines as a flight attendant. There are some days I wish I were still up there, but working for an airline ...

Editor’s note: This column first appeared on July 7, 2019. A friend posted a picture of some strawberries she picked that evoked many memories for me. She said she paid $3.72 to pick them. Someone commented, “Well, they ought to look good for that price!” On the contrary, I thought of ...

Some people remain unconvinced that man walked on the moon in 1969 or that Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible for the assassination of JFK. My opinion on these topics is irrelevant. What is important is that I have the right and opportunity to examine the available information and make up ...

These days we are awash in a sea of information from a mind-boggling number and variety of sources, many attempting to influence us by shaping our thoughts, emotions, and ultimately our behaviors in certain ways — to buy this product or service, to support that cause or candidate, and so ...

Have you ever gone on a cruise? Personally, I have been on seven of them – cruising different lines. Most of the cruises were on the Royal Caribbean Line. We were the first passengers stateside on my first cruise. It had come across the Atlantic, then boarded in Boston. I did all of my ...

A few years ago I helped my mother keep a promise. We took Nan home. Nan was my Mom’s friend in the small Massachusetts town where they both lived. “Friend” was a gracious description of their love/hate relationship. Nan was difficult … and mean. ​She had a tongue that sliced ...