There is an old Twilight Zone television episode named “Button, Button,” that is a morality tale relevant to our worldwide health pandemic. It reflects on our individual efforts and those of others who choose to either disregard or take seriously social distancing. These practices have been implored by public health…

WARNING: EDNA PETTY would like to join your Linkedin network It started out innocently enough. A simple friend request on Linkedin. Always looking to expand my professional network, I looked at the photo of the requester. The picture appeared to be a professional photo of a woman, with the name…

Driving past the elementary school a few blocks from my house, I noticed a small truck riding on my bumper. I ignored the driver since this was a 25 mile-per-hour residential street and we were passing a school. I wasn’t in a hurry. Apparently he was. He gunned his engine…

A Police Encounter My close call with the local police department began innocently enough. Driving home from work one evening, I noticed a police truck in the middle of the street in front of my next-door neighbors house. Since it was dark, there were white floodlights on the top of…

A Mancation Mishap It’s a miracle that Richard didn’t break his neck. Let me start at the beginning. It was in the early days of our mancation tradition to Sunriver resort in Oregon, and while there may have been at least a dozen participants that year, four of us will…