Have you ever had a bone fracture? If you answered the above question in the affirmative, then chances are when you were discharged from the hospital emergency department or the orthopedist’s office you were provided a prescription for pain. Maybe you have never experienced a broken bone, but one of your family members has had...Read More

What can we learn from a Greek tragedy? Do you have vivid memories of a high school class where the syllabus included Greek tragedies? Maybe it was an English honors class or perhaps just a simple introduction to the classics where you were expected to read and digest works such as Sophocles’ Ajax, Antigone, or...Read More

“Everyone has their own version of everything that has ever happened.” Essie Masters, William Master’s mother What we can learn from historical period dramas… If you enjoy watching American period dramas, particularly those that are based on historical events and true-life characters, then you have had a lot to choose from these past couple of...Read More

Our world changed on Monday evening… Famous people die every day. It can be a celebrity, a states person, an infamous character, a sports figure, or a world leader. For sure we almost always stop a bit and take notice, but every once in a while we find ourselves grieving as a society writ large....Read More

The Eckhardt Family (via Facebook) How we “met” Connor Reid Eckhardt We’ve written before about how much we can learn via our Facebook news feed, but the other day we were taken aback when our associate shared Connor Eckhardt’s story with us. You see, our associate here in Tucson, AZ, was looking at her personal...Read More

Do you remember the first time you used a camera? The other day we were having lunch with an associate and suddenly she said, “Wait, let’s take a photo…oh, OK, a selfie!” We obliged and had a good laugh at our many attempts to make ourselves look young and gorgeous! Afterwards we got to talking...Read More

Every generation has their “cool” kids… It’s true. If you think back to your own grammar and high-school days there might be certain classmates that you thought of as “cool.” Maybe you even wanted to be one of the “cool” kids. Perhaps secretly you liked or envied the “cool” kids. It is probably OK to...Read More

“Never slap a man who chews tobacco.” Willard Scott Smokeless tobacco is in the news this week… Whether you call it snuff, dip, chew or any other colloquial term, smokeless tobacco is deadly and its use has stayed steady between 2005 and 2010. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) had hoped for better news, given...Read More

Is your adolescent, teenager or young adult child trying to hide their scars? A provocative question for sure, but think about it for a minute. We are talking about physical scars from cutting (or burning), not just emotional scars. Hiding any kind of scar is not unusual. Women wear make-up to hide acne scars or...Read More

Meet Patrick Roche… There is a pretty good chance you don’t know Patrick Roche. But you should know that he is preparing to graduate this month of May from Princeton University and he has 27,470 Likes on his Facebook (FB) page, Patrick Roche Poetry.  Oh, yes, and Patrick is a poet. We invite you to...Read More