By Ann
Have you ever met someone, but you didn’t know quite how to greet her? I meet new people all the time, and usually I have a feel for the appropriate way to say hello. I greet children and adults that I meet through my work with a smile, a nod, and sometimes, a handshake. I usually greet my friends with a cheerful, “Hi!” but some of them are “huggers,” and my greeting isn’t enough.
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I found out this morning that a very close childhood friend died last night.
I lost touch with her years ago. I last saw her just after high school graduation. I’d been meaning to find her. It was something I was going to get around to. Her name would come to me when something would remind me of her. Oh, I’d think, I should really see if I can find an email address for her. I wonder what she’s up to, how she’s doing. And then I’d go back to my life and promptly forget. It was so easy to procrastinate, so easy to say I’d get to it later. I always thought there would be time.
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Over the past eighty-plus years I have known quite a few people who today would probably be described as being “veracity challenged,” or “veracity impaired,” or something like that. Telling falsehoods is really nothing new. One of the more often repeated passages in the New Testament states: “And the truth was not in him.”
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By Pam
Can a man really be “just friends” with a woman? A woman with a man? I asked my 24 year old son this question and he said “No way!” I reminded him that I have had a platonic friendship with my good friend Bill for over 14 years. He said “Well it is different with old people.”
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What would you do if you caught your friend’s significant other cheating? Do you tell your friend that their partner is cheating and risk her/him turning on you? One thing that you might want to take into consideration is whether or not your friend will actually believe you. It is very possible that your friend may not want to admit that their partner is cheating, so even if your friend does believe you, he or she may accuse you of lying instead. You might want to have some proof before you spill the beans.
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By Emil
I’ve always enjoyed the TV show “Cheers”. Not only the first time around, but also the re-runs. Like most successful sitcoms, it had not just one star, but quite a large cast, consisting of talented, humorous, interesting, and lovable characters. The scene was almost always the same, a Boston bar, where “everybody knows your name.” For all of Cheers’ patrons, it seemed to be a “home away from home.” A place where they could go to meet and associate with other friendly people, good-natured folks who, like themselves, were trying to escape at least a few of the pressures and problems of life in the real world.
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Written by Emil
The subtle sound danced softly across our summer evenings. Too musical to be referred to as merely a “rumble,” it bore a vague resemblance to someone playing the lower tones on a distant marimba.
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Written by Emil
I was unable to attend the most recent reunion of the Bloomington High School Class of ’41, so I made good use of an invitation to get together with some of my classmates this summer. We gathered at the Timbers in Platteville, where we enjoyed some excellent food and conversation. And knee-deep nostalgia.
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In Friendship by Samantha on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Written by Kimberly
Have you ever been in mixed company in a social setting where the conversation took a turn toward politics? What about when someone brings up religion or mentions that they go to Church at a social engagement. How do you feel when education becomes the main course at the table of your neighbor’s dinner party? What is your gut reaction?
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