Medellin          It may seem trite, but it’s a very nice thing all around the world that people, in whatever language where you may be, welcome the day by saying “Happy New Year” to all they meet.  In a troubled world, that’s a very nice graceful note that speaks to a semblance of core collective …

            Medellin          The calendar is about to flip for another year, and, yes, even in our hyper-modern digital days, there are still plenty of old school calendars turning pages like crazy.  I used to try and get my family to make resolutions.  I’ve done them myself.  It’s hard to get excited about the task though, …

            New Orleans       My 15-year-old Australian Shepherd Lucha and I walk every morning before dawn when I’m home.  We have a fixed route Monday through Friday, which we vary on Wednesday, turning left, rather than right, at the dead end at the Mississippi River levee.  Whenever I have been out of town, even for …