by sworel | Oct 6, 2024 | 2024, Uncategorized
For my first two years in college, I attended the University of Maryland’s campus in Munich, Germany. One weekend, I went on a kind of field trip to the nearby concentration camp known as Dachau. That camp was liberated from the Nazis in April 1945 but many of the...
by sworel | Mar 17, 2024 | 2024, Musings, Uncategorized
Declaring someone to be dead, doesn’t always make it so. In 1937, a Frenchman, Angelo Hays, was racing his motorcycle and crashed into a brick wall headfirst. There were many injuries, and the doctors could not feel a pulse, so he was declared dead. His family held a...
by sworel | Oct 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
I love this term, “doppelganger.” It is a German word that literally means “double walker.” In mythology, there are a number of ghostly doubles that appear. In literature, doppelganger imagery has been used to “explore the duality of the human nature.” Even psychiatry...
by sworel | Jun 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Everyone loves good news. When the doctor says the treatment worked, we cheer. When our family gathers to hear that we are expecting a child, there is a celebration. When we land that well-paying job, we have a party and revel in the great announcement. Even the...
by sworel | Apr 30, 2023 | 2023, Musings, Uncategorized
I laughed when I read this story. Apparently, an older gentleman was doing some grocery shopping and noticed a dad shopping with his son. The boy was doing a great deal of complaining as they made their way along the store aisles. The elderly gentleman passed by them...
by sworel | Mar 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
There is a funny little story about a little league game. It seems that an older man stopped by the field one afternoon and asked a boy in the dugout what the score was. The boy responded, “Eighteen to nothing—we’re behind.” “Boy,” said the older gentleman, “I’ll bet...
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