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“In Holland, they do it quite openly. And for a fee.” That’s what I wrote in a deliberately flippant effort to create a provocative positioning for a book proposal. The book, which had by that point evolved through titles such as Philosophers’ Stones; Touchstones; and Making Sense of Experience is
As in sports, family life is a team effort. Teammates help and support each other. When there’s a household job that needs to get done, do your children pitch in and help or do they do so only after being asked? Do they take it for granted that the chores
Once Upon a time, Long Island music school graduate Eva Swan found herself singing to a nursing home audience of senior citizens. Instead of pain, confusion, or lethargy, she looked out and saw eyes filled with curiosity and anticipation. Some of her audience mouthed the words to American Songbook standards,
I was expecting a noticeable change in the room, maybe it would grow colder, or lights would flicker, but nothing of the like as Theresa Caputo, aka The Long Island Medium took the stage at the Landmark Inn in Port Washington, New York. There was, however, much electricity in the
When I mentioned to my New York City friends that I was contemplating attending my class reunion in Idaho, I first deflected questions about which number it was, perhaps subliminally refusing to admit the number of years that have intervened since my class graduated. My friends’ comments ranged from, “You’re
This last Sunday before Fall succeeds summer seems just the time to ask the question, “How did you spend your summer?” Remember before we explore two answers to that question, that the many stories shared in our Sunday morning visits often suggest that there are no coincidences in life. So
Text and Photos by Gary J. Kohn When you think about summer, you usually associate it with the beach, vacations, and barbecues, among other fun activities. My wife, Niki and I, were fortunate to spend part of our summer exploring Japan. (Prior to that stop, we visited Mongolia. See my
It may have been Alan Bennett writing in Vogue magazine a number of years ago, but whoever it was, had a brilliant insight. It was this: it could be that one of the very best reasons for supporting monogamy is that it would be too enormously difficult to develop a
“In Holland, they do it quite openly. And for a fee.” That’s what I wrote in a deliberately flippant effort to create a provocative positioning for a book proposal. The book, which had by that point evolved through titles such as Philosophers’ Stones; Touchstones; and Making Sense of Experience is a one-time philosophy teacher’s statement about the value of insights garnered even from an undergraduate’s rudimentary study of philosophy and the figures that loom large
As in sports, family life is a team effort. Teammates help and support each other. When there’s a household job that needs to get done, do your children pitch in and help or do they do so only after being asked? Do they take it for granted that the chores are going to be done without them? When you ask your children to participate in the household, you are teaching them to be part of
Once Upon a time, Long Island music school graduate Eva Swan found herself singing to a nursing home audience of senior citizens. Instead of pain, confusion, or lethargy, she looked out and saw eyes filled with curiosity and anticipation. Some of her audience mouthed the words to American Songbook standards, others almost danced in their wheelchairs or seats. It was as if a group of what had been subdued older people, suddenly emanated light. The
I was expecting a noticeable change in the room, maybe it would grow colder, or lights would flicker, but nothing of the like as Theresa Caputo, aka The Long Island Medium took the stage at the Landmark Inn in Port Washington, New York. There was, however, much electricity in the air, more from the excited crowd than by the work of unseen spirit. In a black flowered dress, 3” heels, rocker-style hair and nails out
When I mentioned to my New York City friends that I was contemplating attending my class reunion in Idaho, I first deflected questions about which number it was, perhaps subliminally refusing to admit the number of years that have intervened since my class graduated. My friends’ comments ranged from, “You’re kidding, aren’t you?” to “Why would you put yourself through that?” to “You’re nuts.” I myself wondered what drew me to fly across the country
This last Sunday before Fall succeeds summer seems just the time to ask the question, “How did you spend your summer?” Remember before we explore two answers to that question, that the many stories shared in our Sunday morning visits often suggest that there are no coincidences in life. So today, let us share a tale, not of coincidence, but of convergence. It begins with my adult niece Sara Cunningham Luby-Baluha (second child of my
Text and Photos by Gary J. Kohn When you think about summer, you usually associate it with the beach, vacations, and barbecues, among other fun activities. My wife, Niki and I, were fortunate to spend part of our summer exploring Japan. (Prior to that stop, we visited Mongolia. See my story.) Our hosts, guides, and designers of our tour were Blain Harasymiw and his wife, Manami Kishimoto. After a week of traveling together, I can
It may have been Alan Bennett writing in Vogue magazine a number of years ago, but whoever it was, had a brilliant insight. It was this: it could be that one of the very best reasons for supporting monogamy is that it would be too enormously difficult to develop a shared language with more than one partner. That “language” might be described as a sort of shorthand of shared experience. Imagine how time-consuming and laborious
