During the slow news week between Christmas and the New Year, every news organization digs up the news events from the previous year and splashes them across the front page one last time. Never mind…
Posts published by “Eric Bergeson”
This New Year’s resolution business is for the birds. What we should have is New Week’s resolutions. That way we could acknowledge our failures and come up with something more realistic every few days. Or,…
A while back, I had the honor of meeting a pair of sisters in an area nursing home. Little sister was 99 years old and big sister was 104. As I congratulated the pair, a…
A residential treatment center opened up recently near Seattle for people addicted to computer games. The first patient entered treatment after playing the online game “World of Warcraft” for up to 16 hours per day.…
After trundling around the mountain states for the better part of two weeks, I have some suggestions for what has come to be called the hospitality industry. In other words, motels and restaurants. There is…
The Mountain West of the United States is an astonishingly varied showcase of nature’s wonders. From the Grand Canyon to Glacier Park, Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, Mt. Rushmore and many other national parks, the American…
It is no mystery why so many people love Santa Fe, New Mexico. High altitude cities always have a mystical air, and Santa Fe is more mystical than most. At 7,000 feet, Santa Fe’s sky…
My grandfather had a thing for peanut butter. He ate it by the spoonful. It couldn’t be just any peanut butter. It had to be organic peanut butter with a layer of clear grease on…
After ten years and 260,000 miles, the time came to put my loyal and trustworthy Ford Ranger out to pasture. I saved the taxpayers some money by not taking advantage of the cash-for-clunkers program. My…