Resilience

A couple of weeks ago, the Police Poetry Calendar for Portland, Maine, was released. The program is sponsored by Art at Work which is a national initiative to improve municipal government through strategic art-making projects with city employees and elected politicians. Marty Pottenger was the driving force behind the Police Poetry Project which is in [...]

Barrett Nichols of Falmouth, Maine, celebrated his 108th birthday recently. Mr. Nichols was a child when Henry Ford made his first Model-T. He has lived through two World Wars and the Great Depression. His friends say he is an avid golfer, has a good sense of humor, and still loves his cigars and rum and [...]

Recently a friend of mine gave me a copy of an article that appeared in Oprah Winfrey’s magazine, “O” in November of 2007, entitled “Love At Last.” The article reviewed six lessons the author had learned from her investigation of those who find love late in life. Two of the lessons, keeping an open mind [...]

The American Psychological Association has just released its recent survey of stress in America. The APA has been conducting this survey for the last few years. Some of the findings worth giving some thought to are: Children apparently are feeling the effects of the recession and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.  The survey revealed [...]

As we all are aware from the headlines, the percentage of people who are unemployed in our society has continued to grow. The rate remains over 10 percent and will most likely be that high or higher for the immediate future. For so many, this is a personal tragedy that can devastate an individual but [...]

It appears now that many of those who knew the psychiatrist who is accused of committing the atrocity at Ft. Hood realized that he was having difficulty meeting the demands of his position . Those who were aware that something was not right included his supervisors, colleagues, and friends. But no one intervened. Sadly, the [...]