Autumn Leave-taking

My sister Lynn died this week after a month of steady decline initiated by a virulent infection. Being the sister physically closest to her, I was fortunate to spend most of the final days at her side giving both of us time to iron out the rough spots in our life together.…

Closing the Gap

A headline in today’s paper, “Gap between rich, poor widens”, reminded me that back when I started my blog I had written about the Great Divide. Today’s article stated that average incomes fell for the bottom 80 percent of earners and rose for the top 20 percent.…