280. Disgruntled and diseased

The whole world struggles with disease.  Medical insurance, government funding for healthcare, and public health plans are high on political agendas.  Often, the greatest fear is not death itself, but the suffering and illness before death.  Then one hears of someone who passed away in their sleep or was suddenly struck down, and secretly hopes that this will…

279. There is a prophet

The value of a story can never be underestimated.  So many of us are the product of words, spoken and written.  Shelves full of books and the thoughts of others in sound are the colour and richness of our lives.  Good memories of childhood often revolve around storytime—the good ones and the bad ones, the questions that arise…