Problems, like grapes, come in bunches. The world would be a more organized, better place if we only had to solve one problem at a time.
We’re in the middle of bailing out our financial institutions, and now we are told that if we don’t do something similar for the auto industry, Bad Things will happen. [...]
Every morning, my drive to work takes me over the causeway between Squantz Pond and Candlewood Lake. Sometimes, I slow down and take a photograph of Squantz Pond. It’s always the same view, and never the same.
The water was still today, and I knew I’d get a good reflection. I didn’t think it would be [...]
I just sat through another episode of New Fairfield’s Star Chamber, formerly known as the Board of Finance.
In this episode, they turned on their own and forced Al Mardis to take a temporary leave of absence. The reason given was that Mardis had volunteered to serve on the Permanent Building Committee, in addition to his [...]
Susan Monshaw writes Hither and Yon, a column that appears in Citizen News. This is Susan’s column from August 13, 2008.
One of my favorite questions is, “why?” Why do things work this way? Why is global warming up for debate? Why do people sometimes say things they don’t mean? Why do kids drive too fast [...]
We would be able to do some pretty big things, as individuals and together, if we didn’t keep losing sight of the big picture.
The big picture is not a religion, or a political position, or a philosophy. It’s not the meaning of life. But it does give life some meaning.
The big picture is not big, [...]
