Rehearsals for The Game’s Afoot begin this week at The Peninsula Players. But work has already begun on the set for the show. Many community theatres have designated folks or teams that work on set building. The Peninsula Players puts out a call to whoever is available on the set building weekends. And folks that…
It’s funny how some bits of information can stick with you. Nine months ago, I read a post about the effects of loneliness. And I keep thinking about it. Researchers studied the impact of social isolation and unhappiness on older people. One of the findings was that loneliness ages you faster than smoking. Previous studies…
There’s a diner near us that we go to every now and then. At least, we used to before the pandemic. Dave, the waiter, would always greet us. He would would joke with us. Tease us. And chat with us. Occasionally, we’d bump into him outside of the restaurant, too. We liked Dave. Today, we…
One of the problems with the secularization of society is that it tends to shrink our communities. We focus on ourselves and our immediate family and friends. But we don’t often look beyond the people close to us. There are a lot of problems with organized religion, but one of the things I like about…
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