Posted December 1, 2020 in Monthly News

Life's Plans

For one reason or another, the draft of Debra’s article reminded me of John Lennon’s well-known quotation, “Life is what happens while you are making other plans.” The plans that I made when I was young kept changing. Nothing went quite the way I had planned. I am not even able to determine how much—or […]

Posted October 31, 2019 in Monthly News

Life Is What Happens

John Lennon of Beatles fame is quoted as having said, […]

Posted August 31, 2019 in Monthly News

Life Is What Happens

John Lennon is usually given credit for saying, Life is what happens while you are making other plans. A long time ago, a Scottish poet, Robert Burns, commented that The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.” I suspect that the idea is very old and has been expressed in many languages.

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Posted August 31, 2014 in Uncategorized

Twists and Turns

One of the things about life is that we never really know what’s next. Most people know the saying by Scottish poet Robert Burns, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley.” Most of us can also think of one or more things in our lives that confirm its truth. In many […]