Posts from March 2017

You’re Being Watched

LightGrams March 30, 2017 Volume 21, Number 12 There are plenty of reasons to be concerned about our privacy nowadays.  Technology has produced surveillance devices the average person might never notice.  Many private vehicles now sport dash cams, and cameras are mounted in numerous stores, city streets – even church buildings!  We are indeed being…

The GOAT

LightGrams March 23, 2017 Volume 21, Number 11 I remember the morning well, though it was a few years ago.  I had just opened the garage door to put something in the trash and I saw an animal walking up the slope in our back yard.  It took only a moment to identify it –…

Filled Out Your Brackets?

LightGrams March 16, 2017 Volume 21, Number 10 As I write this, you only have a couple of hours left to submit your brackets.  I’m referring (in case you didn’t know) to an activity that occupies the minds of millions of Americans at this time every year.  It’s called “March Madness” for a reason.  People…

The High Cost Of Parking

LightGrams March 9, 2017 Volume 21, Number 9 Like most others I know, there has never been a time in my adult life when I didn’t own a car.  Some have been ugly and barely operable, but I’ve always had a ride.  But when I read the story from Brooklyn this morning, I understand why…