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Anything that lives is a combination of feedback systems. Even a one called amoeba operates according to stimulus response mechanisms. The more comple...
Our children may be grown up, but when you come to the Barnes house, usually you'll find people there. We love to do life with people. Yesterday we...
We have outside cats and inside dogs. We love the dogs more. We used to have an outside dog named Abby. Life as an outsider was harsh. The winters wer...
Every year I get together with a group of my old college friends. In the past we've flown to interesting places and done touristy kinds of things, but...
We need each other in the worst way. We were hardwired for connection. In this age of networks and super specialization, we have more connecting op...
While the average person has 150 acquaintances and 130 Facebook friends, they have just two close friends. According to the Discovery Channel's rep...
Christmas, for all of its glory, can be hard on you sometimes. People who love each other but who have lived apart from one another for a year get tog...
The song "Tradition" in Fiddler on the Roof gives us the downside of doing the same traditional way. For a good modern example of that, talk to you...
I love SJs. They are the "Sensory Judgers" on the Myers/Briggs Personality Indicator and make up 40% of the American population. I'm a dreamer and ...
Where do you meet your need for community? We find community with those whom we have regularly unscheduled contact. Going to church on Sundays does...
