During the dot.com craze I worked for a tech firm. Together with my colleagues, we alternately experienced exhilaration, a sense of triumph, and a sense of doom. Sometimes all within 24 hours. At moments, we believed we would one day rule the world. Then, some news would make us wonder whether we’d still be in […]

Hello everybody. Hope you are well. Let’s get the citizen business out of the way first. Here’s a reading assignment. It includes practical steps toward making things better. My finding this article was sparked by a conversation I had last night with two friends. Both are highly accomplished professionals working for publicly traded corporations. Both […]

Early last week I had a great experience involving, of all things, my broken upright bass. It was ripe to write about, and I thought I had today’s post in the bag. Oh well. I was just feeling like we might be starting to get a handle on the covid thing, and then all hell broke […]

Late last year our friend Laura was planning a trip to Paris to celebrate the arrival of 2020. (Remember when we could do such a thing? Remember when we thought there’d be  anything to celebrate about the coming of 2020?) She decided to buy a camera — you know, a camera without a phone — so that she could travel and take pictures without […]

I’ve had the dreaded virus, and though the jury’s out, it’s fairly likely I have some immunity for some time. That means it’s likely I’m a pretty safe bet to be around for at least awhile. But. I like wearing my mask. I like signaling to people around me that I’m taking this seriously, and […]