Herding Cats

Herding Cats

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Mary Sue and I share life with 10 cats.  I almost wrote “own,” but as all pet fanciers discover, the cat-human connection is more like a partnership than ownership. We never planned on reaching feline...
May the Fourth

May the Fourth

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereIt’s a very big deal if you manage to appear in the Star Wars cinematic universe.Even if you’re on the screen for a grand total of two seconds. In The Empire Strikes Back, after a dramatic...
Tell It Slant

Tell It Slant

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Rod Serling, Hollywood’s “angry young man” during the 1950s, had a dream. He would write and produce cutting-edge TV dramas that explored the social issues he cared about passionately. Those included...
Hanging on Every Word

Hanging on Every Word

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Something has been bothering me for 37 years. This week, I finally did something about it. In 1989, the McDonalds ventured to a local theater to see Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, lighthearted family fare about...
Knocking Off the Rust

Knocking Off the Rust

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here As the Cold War began to heat up in the 1950’s, America’s leaders felt led to make a public statement that their chief adversary, the Soviet Union, would have to notice. If the Soviets believed...