Sometimes we only see the immediate rather than the bigger picture. For instance, looking at only the trunk of this maple tree, it would appear that the lichen-encrusted and craggy bark indicates an almost dead tree. However, when we step back and look up on a spring day, we see the leaves appearing on an [...]
Halloween has become the second most lucrative holiday for retailers; the first being Christmas. It seems that folks are attracted to scary things – haunted houses, ghosts, witches… Perhaps, these are “safe” fears. We scream, we laugh, we move on. Halloween stuff is not real. Everyday fears and phobias are harder to laugh off. One [...]
