Posted February 29, 2020 in Monthly News By Joel Bowman, on 29 February 2020 One of my joyful memories from childhood was looking at the night sky. I grew up in Los Altos, California, when it was still a small town in the middle of agricultural properties, primarily apricot orchards and bean fields. Between the time my family first moved there and my graduation from high school, the whole […]
Posted December 31, 2018 in Monthly News By Joel Bowman, on 31 December 2018 John Lennon is usually given credit for having said, “Life is what happens while you are making other plans.” The origin of the saying, however, pre-dates Lennon. That’s understandable, because it is a universal truth. Robert Browning’s version (expressed in Andrea del Sarto) was “a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, / Or what’s a […]
Posted July 31, 2018 in Uncategorized By Joel Bowman, on 31 July 2018 I am older than Debra, so if she is in her “third third,” I’m in my fourth quarter. I still have some game left to play, but the clock is ticking, and there are no time outs. At this point in my life, many of the people I have known have died. That includes both […]
Posted March 30, 2018 in Uncategorized By Joel Bowman, on 30 March 2018 This month Debra and I are going back to writing separate articles for the newsletter. Debra’s article, “A Positive Perspective on Projection,” follows this one. As had been our habit, Debra started writing her article first and sent the draft to me for revision and addition. This time, her draft was too good to change […]
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