by Barry Phegan | Jan 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Accepting Change When I was born the world’s population was about 2 billion people. Back then, tea came loose in one-pound rectangular paper sacks. There was only one kind, black, and perhaps three separate brands. You brewed your tea in a teapot. Today the...
by Barry Phegan | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
I dipped my toe into the intimacy topic in February 2020 with a posting titled, “I’m Lonely Too.” Then came postings in March and April 2021, both on intimacy. I said how hard it was for me to talk about my feelings and my fear of being open and vulnerable. I...
by Barry Phegan | Apr 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Immigrants like me land and stay for many reasons, often unconscious. The obvious ones are a familiar culture and language, and inertia. Over time, my family, friends, and career anchored me. But there’s something else I love — and hate — about the United...
by Barry Phegan | Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
As a child I darned my socks using a mushroom darning spool, a darning needle (rounded point), and matching wool thread. Now, over 70 years later, I find myself well darned over by the medical profession. If it wasn’t for their constant patching, I’d be long...
by Barry Phegan | Aug 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Reading about vaccine resisters makes me anxious. My just-finished summer trip, visiting family in Mansfield, Ohio, dropped me into the thick of it. Being up close was scary. After my spectacularly green 50-minute drive north from Columbus Airport, my grandson...
by Barry Phegan | May 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
Had your Covid Vaccine yet? Were you as relieved as I was? Freedom at last! First, a visit to a friend in LA, then to Wenatchee, Washington, where my daughter and grandchildren live. With this travel came the reminder of changes in our nation. What Is Freedom? ...
