I am a big fan of Star Trek and have watched every series from the reruns of the original series that fueled my childhood imagination to...

The “Rerouting” function on my GPS is alternatively really helpful and impossible. Sometimes, when I miss a turn or misinterpret a step,...

When they bike, my kids conflate “shortcut” with “alternate route”. I have given up explaining that if you start at the same place, end...

This article just showed up in my Facebook feed. While I do not know this family’s backstory, I strongly suspect that the father’s...

My younger son likes to play with his Rubik’s Cube. Yes, I mean that same multi-colored cubic puzzle that debuted in the seventies. So...

The question “Do you want fries with that?” has become a shorthand phrase, synonymous with the fast-food industry. So much so that it is...

One of our four chickens is a rescue hen named Henrietta. She lived the first year or so of her life on an egg farm. It is not uncommon...

“Could you clarify what it is, exactly, that you do?” Several prospective clients have asked me that recently. It is a welcome question,...

Warren Buffet, the professional and very successful investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, has eight pieces of advice for novice...

O. Henry’s short story, The Gift of the Magi, tells of a young couple, who have very little money but want to buy each other a worthy...

This time of year, I work with a lot of clients on their taxes. The economic results of both the pandemic and the relief packages meant...

When I lived in Shanghai back in the 1990s, I, like many other expatriates, received a housing allowance as well as a slightly higher...

As Americans, we are obsessed with dieting and counting food related indicators like calories, sugars, carbs, trans-fats or, for those...

Our family recently re-watched the first of three movies of the series: The Hobbit (directed by Peter Jackson, 2012) in order to...

With the shortage of activities due to COVID, my family and I have been playing more board games. Pictionary by Mattel has resurfaced...

In a Berkeley Mews comic, the main character is making a list of New Year’s resolutions. He writes the list title and the first item: 1....

Most things in life require constant balance. We all know it is good to exercise, but if we take too long at the gym, we will eat into...

As a financial planner, I regret to admit that my kids are pretty nonchalant about managing their allowance. But since they are too young...

My family members and I are chicken “newbs”. The chicks we bought, last February, and raised in our TV room are full-grown laying hens...

I went back to re-watch the first five seasons of “Schitt’s Creek”, when I realized, somewhat belatedly, that Season 6 had been released....