Voting in the United States to elect representative government is an honor, a privilege and the duty of all Americans.

Sadly, Tim Hickey, my best friend in childhood died recently. He was a unique force in this world and had many talents being a true artist at heart.

Newspapers across Wisconsin are coming together to once again report on the plight of the homeless in the State of Wisconsin.

A defining human quality is the ability to imagine what another person is going through, to have compassion for their suffering and to want to relieve their pain.

In a way, I had entered into a smallish cocoon of wee folks who are not yet the greatest thinkers of the world nor do they offer different flavors of knowledge or wisdom.

Upon reflection of the past, who would have ever entertained the idea that we could transport our voices and images remotely throughout the world and now throughout the universe as we know it?

Recently I took possession of an art set, complete with easel, paints, sketch pads and canvases. There was a time years ago I painted as a child.

In conversations, many people hear what is being said but do not listen. One is a process that involves the subconscious perception of sound, whereas the other involves an active form of engagement.

At one time or another, we all hit a bump in the road and one or all of the wheels start to fall off the cart.

We appear to be trapped in a time warp. Created partly by nature and partly by ourselves, this situation has shifted our lives into slow motion or even suspended animation.