With the holiday vacation week approaching, parents have been flying up to me asking me if there’s anything I can to do to reduce their child’s ear discomfort when they are on an airplane. Let me take off on that topic and provide some information. When a plane flies into the air, air ...

Last week I wrote about being in NYC and watching Tiny Tim’s wedding on The Johnny Carson Show. As weird as Tiny Tim may have been, my watching the show was even weirder. Or more exactly, while I was watching it I was in one very weird mood. My weirdness had nothing to do with Tiny Tim, ...

Did you know that 50 million teenagers worldwide smoke or vape? I sure didn’t! I discovered this when I researched an essay for 8th grade. We could write about whatever we wanted, and I was inspired to write about nicotine addiction. Tobacco, a well-known ingredient in cigarettes, has ...

Good grief. I need to back away from the Christmas cookies. That is the mental conversation I have with my snow pants. The devil on my shoulder reminds me that I worked too hard to make the cookies and the sooner I eat them, the sooner they will be gone. Though my mental tug-o-war with sugary ...

If we make it through December Everything’s gonna be alright, I know It’s the coldest time of winter And I shiver when I see the falling snow — Merle Haggard “If We Make It Through December” by Merle Haggard has all the elements of a classic country song: a melancholy ...

The holidays are upon us. The longest night is behind us; the days are beginning to lengthen. Christmas Eve is tomorrow, Christmas Day and the first night of Chanukkah follow. As does Kwanzaa. A week later, we’ll be ringing in 2025. We celebrate the dark of winter with light. On ...