My wife is an artist. Our home is filled to overflowing with her creations.

I got to thinking about the creative process. As someone trained in engineering, my background is the diametrical opposite of being creative.

Over the years, including before the Internet (we’ve had The National Inquirer for decades to equally misinform us) and mainly because I’m cursed with a fairly good memory I’ve managed to “learn” a great deal of information all things being equal that I’d be just as happy to not know.

We live in a world where we are surrounded by “fast food.” 

“Fast food” can be a pejorative to those who are weak when it comes to “push-aways,” the best way to maintain your weight.

But as our family finds, in moderation, "fast food" is a great way to come up with something a bit different and convenient as a last minute decision for dinner.

In March of 2018 I wrote about theoretical physicists’ view of time relative to our universe (Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time”). This week I decided to write about time relative to our great country, the United States of America.

It’s quite easy to make predictions about the future. After all, no one can prove you’re wrong. Especially if you adopt a very long-term outlook, say a couple of centuries. Never-the-less, here is one person’s view of what is to come.

This week I’m reflecting on what Newton N. Minow called a “vast wasteland.”

For those of you who have lived in the Northeast, we have a rich tradition of ice skating on frozen ponds, lakes, etc. in winter.

Unlike greater Seattle, which rarely gets a cold snap sufficient to freeze even a small pond, back east the winter ice skating season can last from late November through mid-April.

We live in very complex times. What I mean is that sometimes things get so complex as to defy logic.

For example, did you ever consider traffic lights? There you are driving along at a moderate speed. Then as you approach a traffic light a couple of things come to mind.