Summer Dreams

Image of Long Beach Island Sun from kuhnfoto gallery
     “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day“……………As I read these words to Shakespeare’s immortal tribute ” as long as this lasts so does thee” I started to contemplate on summer’s eternal lure and the beauty of a season meant for fun and growth. Most of us [...]

Good Medicine…

Recently I heard on the news, as I was walking out the door for work, that the gastric by-pass surgery people under-go for weight loss has a very interesting side effect. If I heard correctly, almost instantly, after the surgery, diabetics are no longer diabetics. I could not believe what I heard and later did [...]

Papal Visit

I think it is an incredible blessing to have a modern Pope visit our country and bestow his blessings on our land and people. In the healing aftermath of 911 and the negative reports in the past several years it was crucial for Catholics in America as well as the world to be reminded that [...]

The company we keep

A lot can be based in our perceptions of who we are, as well as others, in the old adage “ you are the company you keep”. Certainly there is some truth to that as we all know as parents, those our children play with and hang out with end up having a huge influence [...]

Very few Originals

     I just handed out to my senior class the novel, ” Lord of the Flies”.  They did not want to read it because it is spring, senioritis is not too far away, and they would rather be socializing or working, etc.  Fortunately, they are still in school, must pass senior English to graduate in this [...]

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