By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, With the passing of the New Year we shut the door to the 2010-2019 decade. A lot has happened in just 10 years: unemployment dropped to 3.5 percent, the U.S. became the largest energy producer in the world, tech went from tiny to dominant, China rose to challenge the U.S., the EU …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, There is a sadness, an isolation, an array of special dramas, and perhaps a poignant, happy rebirth that drives us out of the darkness and into the light of Christmas. There can be a new sense of wonder that betides us during the holiday season if we are open to it. …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Every year for some time now a small group gathers on an evening around the holidays for a deep dive discussion regarding the mysteries of life while enjoying a few libations and tasty treats. The group is diverse; male, female, young and old, and rarely exceeds six in number. On this …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Recently I saw a show on Netflix called “Lucifer.” These episodes feature a charismatic, fallen angel interfering in people’s lives. While watching this, I thought of the notion of, as the show states, how many people do a so-called deal with the devil. So what would you do if …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, At a certain stage of adult life many of us find a unicorn-person that’s apparently real and not imaginary, and appears to be the perfect wing-person with whom to negotiate the minefields of life. We pledge ourselves to that person and embrace an amorphous mixture of independence and dependence. …
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By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, ‘Tis the season to be thankful. If you are reading this and are warm and have a cup of coffee, perhaps even a bagel in front of you to sip and munch on, you’re probably doing better than about half of the 7.5 billion people on the planet that …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Nowadays and perhaps before, there seems to be a constant pressure to conform, fit in and take the normal route. If some people don’t fall into a set of expectations, society tries to change them or medicate them or shun them. Perhaps we need to rethink this. Everyone is unique with …
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By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, As we age, we can tend to become somewhat set in our ways. Thinking outside of the box for many of us becomes less attractive as we take comfort in the familiar and the predictable. We rarely deviate from our routine. We go to the same places and socialize …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, We are all transients of life’s phases and circumstance. We spend time with each other for durations of years, months, weeks, moments. Then we move on to be with others depending on what stage of aliveness we’re in. It’s not that we have stopped loving when we have moved …
By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, For the past month, we have been participating in a statewide editorial campaign on the topic of homelessness, an outcome of a symposium we initiated involving legislators, the business community, service providers and members of the media. As a newspaper that reports on local communities and advocates for local business patronage in efforts …
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