On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Dr. Michael Davidson, a 44 year-old, outstanding, visionary surgeon in Boston, was shot and killed by a deranged man who was upset by his mother’s death. As you might guess, he then turned the gun on himself. I thought of the surgeon’s wife, pregnant with their fourth child and their
This post was first published on July 11, 2021. Since then the number of new Covid cases has spiked to all time highs, and among the already vaccinated the variant is causing thousands of “breakthrough” cases where symptoms can range from mild to severe. Almost all (99%) of the hospitalizations and deaths are among the
Ten days on the road since the last “Road Report” seems like a long time, partly because we’ve covered so many miles, seen so many different places and have changed our original plans. We have continued our preference for back roads over the Interstate Highway system. Less traffic, better scenery and low stress. Changing timetables
Arrived in Bangor, Maine on Wednesday, July 14, and had the RV serviced on Thursday at the Mercedes dealer (oil and filters changed, tires rotated) as it’s been 10,000 miles since the last service, around March 25. Spent 3 days near Bangor in Holden, Maine, and moved on Saturday to Bucksport at the head of
Heading to the northeast corner of Ohio, close to Lake Erie, we stopped for two nights at Pymantuning KOA near Andover, Ohio. Lots of rain. Features along the road included numerous Amish buggies and horses and one three horse hitch which we do not remember seeing on roads in the past. We have seen as
A crisis is not a tragedy. A crisis is a crossroads, a crossing, a time when careful, thoughtful management and making difficult choices are required. The current crisis in teaching kids has to do not only with history but also with values and beliefs. We have seen the great divide in the USA between those
