Getting the Word on Opioid Abuse Out Via Music and the Written Word
20 Feb 2019
The dictionary defines peace as “freedom from disturbance; tranquility,” “a state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended.”
To find such a place of “peaceableness, harmony, accord, concord, amity, goodwill, friendship, cordiality,
nonaggression, nonviolence” – the synonyms in the same dictionary – is what good souls and common-sense minded people strive to achieve.
The easiest thing to do is to give up, just let things happen as they do. But that’s not good enough for an enlightened society where John and Yoko preached in 1969 “All we are saying – is give peace a chance.”
How do we do as Lennon instructed in his song? By books, videos, music spreading the positive message of love, peace and happiness, more than just waving a flag, rolling up the shirtsleeves and making it happen.
Addiction and its impact In the news
16 Jan 2019
January 15, 2019 Guest columnist Joe Viglione — National Public Radio published two Opiod epidemic articles on the 13th and 14th of January. 2019 – 1 Dead And 12 Hospitalized After Mass Drug Overdose In California on the 13th and Report: Americans Are Now More Likely To Die Of An Opioid Overdose Than On The Road on the 14th. In the 1980s it was said that using heroin was like walking across a crowded highway, that an individual was taking a gamble on living or dying. In 2019 with fentanyl added to the mix, the result is a highly addictive, cheap and deadly combination.So here we are with daily stories on the NPR website. The story on the 13th is about a “ four (people…
CHRIS AND THE UNC
18 Dec 2018
OF ALL MY TEN NEPHEWS, CHRIS SEEMED THE LEAST LIKELY TO EXCEL IN SPORTS, PARTICULARLY IF YOU SAW HIM AROUND THE AGE OF SEVEN. HE HAD A JELLY BELLLY, A HUGE APPETITE, AND A GREAT PERSONALITY. IN THOSE DAYS HE COULD BE FOUND WANDERING AROUND OUR NEW HAMPSHIRE HOME, CARRYING A “SORRY “ GAME BOARD, CHALLENGING ANYONE AND EVERYONE TO A GAME ( WHICH HE USUALLY WOULD WIN). Even then chris had a ferocious desire to win, whatever the game might be. BY THE TIME CHRIS REACHED AGE NINE I DECIDED TO TAKE HIM UP TO OUR GOLF DRIVING RANGE TO HIT A BUCKET OF BALLS. ONE BUCKET TURNED INTO THREE AND THE BOY QUICKLY GRASPED THE CONCEPT OF KEEPING HIS HEAD DOWN AND SWINGING…
