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# The Next Phase Blog

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- [Declaration of Independence at 250](https://aknextphase.com/declaration-of-independence-250/) - Today, sections of the Declaration of Independence have particular relevance because Tour democracy is more threatened now than it has been since its founding.
- [The Bird Feeder Expedition](https://aknextphase.com/bird-feeder-expedition/) - This morning I put on my tallest boots and set out on a major hike to fill the bird feeder. Why a major hike? Isn't the feeder right outside? Well, yes and no.
- [25 Science Fiction Movies Coming Up in 2014](https://aknextphase.com/25-science-fiction-movies-2014/) - The summer blockbuster season is, believe it or not, almost upon us and it includes a long list of science fiction movies. There aren't enough for my taste.
- [The Leftover Queen Deconstructs a Roast Beast](https://aknextphase.com/leftover-queen-deconstructs/) - I find concocting a meal from leftover food a challenge and a creative opportunity. On to ordinary meals in 2014—but also more creative ways to use leftovers.
- [Updates to Six Recent Posts](https://aknextphase.com/updates-six-recent-posts/) - Here are updates to six recent posts on a variety of subjects.
- [14 Upcoming Science Fiction Movies](https://aknextphase.com/14-upcoming-science-fiction-movies/) - So this is a good time to follow up on my previous post on the Top 10 Science Fiction Movies in 2015, with a list of lesser—but possibly even better—offerings.
- [Boston and the Tartan Army](https://aknextphase.com/boston-tartan-army/) - We hosted the Tartan Army soccer fans here in Boston and they hit our city like a force of nature, leaving it a better, more cheerful place for their visit.
- [Unemployment and Your Life](https://aknextphase.com/unemployment-your-life/) - Republicans have begun floating the idea of cutting federal payments to the unemployment insurance programs run by the states.
- [Roundup of October 2015 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-october-2015-posts/) - Today is Halloween but The Next Phase Blog has no tricks for readers, only treats. Dive right in to this roundup of October 2015 posts and catch up.
- [Roundup of June 2015 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-june-2015-posts/) - Here’s the monthly roundup of June 2105 posts by category for you to catch up on. Don’t feel shy about commenting: Susanne and I love to hear from our readers.
- [5-Movie Scoreboard](https://aknextphase.com/5-movie-scoreboard/) - Here is a 5-movie scoreboard with my brief opinions on the movies we have seen since the last movie update in approximate order of how good they are.
- [Roundup of January & February 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-january-february-2016-posts/) - So here’s a double roundup of January and February 2016 posts that lets you can catch up on any you missed. It includes all seven of Bronze Menagerie series.
- [Boston Flags for Flag Day](https://aknextphase.com/boston-flags-flag-day/) - June 14 is Flag Day and I thought I would celebrate it by noting some of the interesting American flags you can find around Boston.
- [A Day of Volunteer Activities](https://aknextphase.com/day-volunteer-activities/) - Yesterday was filled with volunteer activities, one of which I mentioned in yesterday’s post on Lovin' Spoonfuls and Community Servings.
- [Long Wharf's Historic Buildings](https://aknextphase.com/long-wharf-buildings/) - This post addresses the buildings that have existed on Long Wharf over the years. Some have been replaced. Others remain as they have always been for centuries.
- [The Summer Kitchen](https://aknextphase.com/summer-kitchen/) - The summer garden has arrived and with it my summer kitchen. Once the heat rises outside, I don’t want heat from the oven inside. I move the kitchen outdoors
- [On My Mind](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind/) - Web sites, news feeds and cable channels creates possibilities to assist us in our quest to be smarter. Here's a synopsis of what's been on my mind.
- [Roundup of August 2015 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-august-2015-posts/) - Before work picks back up in the fall here’s your chance to catch up with the regular roundup of August 2015 posts. I know from the stats you've missed a few.
- [DoD Slashes List of Recognized Faiths](https://aknextphase.com/dod-slashes-recognized-faiths/) - The Department of Defense, for the first time in almost 10 years, has dramatically reduced its number of recognized religious faiths and belief systems.
- [Democratic Party: Stop the Fundraising!](https://aknextphase.com/democratic-party-fundraising/) - Simon Rosenberg mentioned how the interaction between the party organization and the party members is (1) one-way and (2) focused solely on fundraising.
- [The Leftover Queen Strikes Again](https://aknextphase.com/leftover-queen/) - When our kids were still living at home they used to call me the Leftover Queen. I could stretch a week’s groceries in many different directions.
- [Bitnorth: The Conference with a Difference](https://aknextphase.com/bitnorth-conference-difference/) - This weekend Seth and I participated in the Bitnorth Conference, an invitation-only event produced by the peripatetic Alistair Croll.
- [Fury: The Movie with the Thousand-yard Stare](https://aknextphase.com/fury-movie-thousand-yard-stare/) - If you are squeamish I can’t recommend Fury. But if you want to see a solid, impactful movie about the last days of World War II, Fury is the movie to see.
- [6-Movie Scoreboard](https://aknextphase.com/6-movie-scoreboard/) - For simplicity’s sake, here’s a movie scoreboard of the films we’ve seen recently by category with our recommendations:
- [Become a Boston By Foot Docent](https://aknextphase.com/become-a-boston-by-foot-docent/) - As one of over 200 Boston By Foot volunteers, you will be joining a vibrant community of lifelong learners, an educated and engaged group of folks.
- [I Loved the Movies at the Somerset Drive-In](https://aknextphase.com/movies-somerset-drive-in/) - My parents and us 4kids would tumble into my father’s Buick Roadmaster (the one with chrome-lined oval vents on the side) and head up to the Somerset Drive-In.
- [4-Movie Scoreboard +1](https://aknextphase.com/4-movie-scoreboard-1/) - Before that blockbuster hits, here is our 4-movie scoreboard, a list of films that we have seen recently along with our recommendations and comments.
- [Two Weeks Before Christmas](https://aknextphase.com/two-weeks-before-christmas-2/) - Two weeks before Christmas, the year almost gone No snow in the forecast, not a flake on the lawn The house was asleep, not a peep did I hear
- [Roundup of December 2015 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-december-2015/) - If in the rush of holiday shopping, decorating, cooking, eating, partying, and drinking, you missed something, here’s a roundup of December 2015 posts.
- [3-Movie Scoreboard: April 2016](https://aknextphase.com/3-movie-scoreboard-april-2016/) - The films on this 3-movie scoreboard appeal to different audiences but are well worth seeing. Here are my three recommendations.
- [The Heart of Christmas](https://aknextphase.com/heart-of-christmas/) - May you have the Gladness of Christmas which is Hope, the Spirit of Christmas which is Peace and the Heart of Christmas, which is Love.
- [Holiday Mindset](https://aknextphase.com/holiday-mindset/) - I mark the beginning of the holidays by the sound of commercials on TV: they become tinkly. It's an unmistakable holiday sound.
- [Susanne Skinner Has No Post Today](https://aknextphase.com/susanne-skinner-no-post-today/) - Susanne Skinner, our regular Monday author, is away on family business today and has no post. We hope to see another post next Monday.
- [Roundup of August and September 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-august-and-september-2016-posts/) - I have been so busy that I totally forgot to do a roundup of August posts and now it’s time for the September summary. Where does the time go?
- [Boston's 2 New Residential Conversions](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-2-new-residential-conversions/) - In the two newest conversions to be announced, office buildings in the Seaport and Financial District will be renovated into residential units.
- [Mystique is a Sick Kitty](https://aknextphase.com/mystique-sick-kitty/) - When she mewed I opened the door but instead of bounding into the sun room, as she usually does, Mystique huddled miserably outside the door.
- [Mystique is Struggling to Recover](https://aknextphase.com/mystique-is-struggling/) - Our cat was injured over the weekend. The doctors at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals examined Mystique and found a puncture wound.
- [Roundup of June 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-june-2016-posts/) - Lives change and those changes can have an impact on their time and their energy. Here's why that affects today's roundup of June 2016 posts.
- [Roundup of July 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-july-2016-posts/) - I’m a little behind on publishing this regular listing of the previous month’s posts. So here's the roundup of July 2016 posts -- better late than never.
- [Roundup of October 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-october-2016-posts/) - Things have been so busy, this is the first time I've had to pull together a roundup of October 2016 posts. With Halloween over, we look ahead to Thanksgiving.
- [Roundup of August 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-august-2017-posts/) - So before the fall gets stuffed full of things to do, use this roundup of August 2017 posts to catch up on any you have missed.
- [Roundup of October 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-october-2017-posts/) - Here’s the roundup of October 2017 posts to help you catch up on a topic you may have missed before the holidays begin consuming your free time.
- [Roundup of November 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-november-2017-posts/) - f your holiday season is shaping up to be as busy as mine, here’s the roundup of November 2017 posts to keep you up to date.
- [Roundup of January/February 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-january-february-2018/) - I got so busy last month, I forgot to do the usual monthly roundup. That means you have more to choose from in this roundup of January/February 2018 posts.
- [The Democrats Look Back Badly](https://aknextphase.com/democrats-look-back-badly/) - Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin and the Democrats seem to be having trouble analyzing what happened back in 2024.
- [It Was Never Joe and Jill's Decision](https://aknextphase.com/never-joe-and-jills-decision/) - What she said about everyone in the administration deciding it was “Joe and Jill’s” decision about whether to run again took my breath away. Here’s why.
- [Roundup of May 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-may-2017-posts/) - Here’s the roundup of May 2017 posts so you can catch up on what you may have missed while government was turning topsy turvy.
- [Thoughts on 2 Weeks in Europe](https://aknextphase.com/2-weeks-europe/) - We have just returned home after two and a half weeks in Europe on a Viking River Cruise (Paris to the Swiss Alps). It feels odd to be back.
- [Men Behaving Badly: Getting Worse](https://aknextphase.com/men-behaving-badly-worse/) - I wrote Men Behaving Badly: Here We Go Again in 2020 when nothing much had changed. In fact, things seemed to be getting worse.
- [Cruising the Lower Danube](https://aknextphase.com/lower-danube-cruise/) - I thought these observations might be helpful to for people who have signed up for Viking's Capitals of Eastern Europe cruise on the Lower Danube.
- [Upcoming Science Fiction Movies in 2017](https://aknextphase.com/upcoming-science-fiction-movies-in-2017/) - It’s time for my mostly annual collection of science fiction movies due to be released this year. here’s my list of upcoming science fiction movies in 2017.
- [Roundup of September 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-september-2017-posts/) - I harvested the blog posts for last month. Seth rejoined the roster and Susanne took a vacation. If you missed some, here’s the roundup of September 2017 posts.
- [The Leftover Queen Feeds Grandkids](https://aknextphase.com/leftover-queen-feeds-grandkids/) - I wasn't up for cooking anything too complicated. In the end, I reverted to my alter ego of the Leftover Queen. We would have rice pilaf with leftover steak.
- [Roundup of July 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-july-2018-posts/) - Without further ado, taking time to heat up the barbecue grill or warm up a new relief pitcher, here’s the roundup of July 2019 posts.
- [The Unpredictable President](https://aknextphase.com/unpredictable-president/) - It was possible then to wake up in the morning thinking about things other than how the President was going to destroy norms, torpedo processes, ignore laws.
- [The New Year Begins with a Blogging Anniversary](https://aknextphase.com/new-year-begins-blogging-anniversary/) - When I was new to blogging and to providing my own IT support, I did a few careless things that opened the blog up to attacks of various kinds.
- [10 Science Fiction Movies in First Half of 2017](https://aknextphase.com/10-science-fiction-movies-in-first-half-2017/) - Here are the 10 science fiction movies in H1 2017 in chronological order of their actual release dates—which may differ from the dates published in January.
- [Lauren Palumbo is Boston Strong!](https://aknextphase.com/lauren-palumbo-boston-strong/) - Addison's Disease stopped Lauren Palumbo's running career in its tracks. Here's how she's Boston Strong, running the 2016 Boston Marathon for Lovin' Spoonfuls.
- [How Supplements Interact with Prescription Drugs: Part 3](https://aknextphase.com/supplements-interact-prescription-drugs-part-3/) - In this last installment on Laura Landro’s recent article on supplements and drugs, I’ll discuss magnesium, red clover, saw palmetto, and fenugreek.
- [Roundup of November 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-november-2016-posts/) - If you have time to kick back by the fire, here’s a roundup of November 2016 posts so you can catch up on any you missed.
- [This Thanksgiving, Give Simple Thanks](https://aknextphase.com/thanksgiving-give-simple-thanks/) - Thanksgiving is supposed to be a day when we stop to recognize and truly express our gratitude. Unfortunately, it often becomes a whirlwind of activity instead
- [On My Mind: December 2016](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-december-2016/) - When I’m trying to fall asleep my brain decides to present me with an inventory of all the things that are on my mind. In great detail.
- [The AI Ball is Rolling](https://aknextphase.com/ai-ball-rolling/) - AI is the slave that business leaders have always wanted. The benefits of Artificial Intelligence go way beyond severed employees.
- [Susanne's Greatest Christmas Posts](https://aknextphase.com/susannes-greatest-christmas-posts/) - If you are new to The Next Phase Blog, or just started reading Susanne’s posts, here's an opportunity to catch up with a collection of Suze’s Christmas posts
- [Roundup of March 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-march-2018-posts/) - Before the world ends, here is the roundup of March 2018 posts. We could all use less lion and a lot more lamb. Today is April 3 and it snowed again yesterday.
- [Roundup of December 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-december-2017-p/) - You deserve a break now and then. So, here's your roundup of December 2017 posts. Grab some coffee and catch up on anything you might have missed.
- [Conversations with My Father: A Veteran's Reflection](https://aknextphase.com/conversations-with-my-father-a-veterans-reflection/) - Grandpa Sam, as he is known to grandkids and friends, is reflecting on Veteran’s Day with me. He is frail; his memories of the present are elusive,
- [Two Weeks Before Christmas -- 2017](https://aknextphase.com/two-weeks-christmas-2017/) - Two weeks before Christmas, the year’s nearly done The first snow has fallen, and winter’s begun. My decorations are up and the lights twinkle bright
- [Roundup of April 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-april-2018-posts/) - Focus on the positive. In the spirit of perseverance and playing whatever position life gives you, here’s the roundup of April 2018 posts.
- [Roundup of July 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-july-2020-posts/) - Wherever you are today on the pandemic spectrum, here's your chance to catch up with today's roundup of July 2020 posts by category and author.
- [My Recovery from Ankle Surgery](https://aknextphase.com/recovery-ankle-surgery/) - For all those months, I sometimes thought the recovery would never end and I would not walk again without pain. Now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel
- [The Maze Runner and 5 YA Dystopian Themes](https://aknextphase.com/maze-runner-5-themes-ya-dystopian-movies/) - Most YA dystopian movies offer better science fiction than their more “mature” counterparts. In a way, they are grittier, more personal and often more gripping.
- [Speaking Proper English in America](https://aknextphase.com/speaking-proper-english-in-america/) - I’m putting you on notice, whether you write on SubStack, Facebook, BlueSky or X Social. I’m reading your stuff with a critical eye for proper English usage.
- [Roundup of November 2015 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-november-2015-posts/) - I’m back and at my desk and ready to go. So let's start with the regular monthly roundup. Here, rolled up into one place, are all of November’s posts.
- ['Tis the Season](https://aknextphase.com/tis-the-season/) - It is indeed the season; the evidence is all around us. The frenzy of December is hard to ignore. Each year I promise myself I will not get sucked into it.
- [Roundup of Posts from July and August](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-posts-july-august/) - If you were away on a fabulous summer vacation or spent a month by the lake, here’s a handy roundup of the posts you missed.
- [The Burger King Way Isn't My Way](https://aknextphase.com/burger-king-way/) - Burger King has just completed a tax inversion deal to acquire the Tim Horton’s doughnut-and-coffee chain, then move its headquarters to Oakville, Ontario,
- [Ray Rice on Failure](https://aknextphase.com/ray-rice-failure/) - Mr. Rice refused to call himself a failure because, “failure isn't getting knocked down, it’s not getting back up.”
- [Ricki and the Flash](https://aknextphase.com/ricki-and-the-flash/) - Last night I went with my movie buddy to see Ricki and the Flash, a movie that had everything going for it, including a big female star and a female writer.
- [The Flavors of Fall](https://aknextphase.com/flavors-of-fall/) - For New Englanders this means crisp night air, leaves changing from bright green to the many hues of red, orange and yellow, and all the flavors of fall.
- [Summer Movie Scoreboard](https://aknextphase.com/summer-movie-scoreboard/) - Summer is one of the two great money-making seasons in the movie industry. So how has the summer movie scoreboard done so far?
- [On My Mind](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-2/) - Read these things on my mind and you will feel a bit happier and a bit smarter. Inhale the good in the world. Here are some of the things you should know.
- [Words I Hate and Why](https://aknextphase.com/words-i-hate-why/) - Words help to structure how we express ourselves and how we interpret the thoughts expressed by others. These are the words I hate.
- [Be in the Know About B-12](https://aknextphase.com/know-about-b-12/) - Many seniors have trouble absorbing B-12 because they do not make enough digestive acid. Lots of nutrients can affect the body’s ability to absorb Vitamin B-12.
- [Roundup of May 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-may-2016-posts/) - I don’t have a seasonal introduction to this monthly roundup of May 2016 posts because yesterday we went sailing with some new friends around the harbor islands
- [Thursday Update](https://aknextphase.com/thursday-update/) - I don't have the regular post about Boston today for two reasons. So here's a brief Thursday update instead.
- [On My Mind -- August 2016](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-august-2016/) - August is the start of the event season in the high tech industry. Right now I’m sitting on a plane to Vegas with a lot on my mind.
- [Robots, Kiosks and Appliances](https://aknextphase.com/robots-kiosks-appliances/) - One reason we worry about robots is that we see this army of mechanical men marching to work, standing on production lines and standing behind counters.
- [More Boston Office-to-Residential Conversions](https://aknextphase.com/boston-office-to-residential-conversions/) - Once again, the Financial District scores the most residential conversions, a trend that will bring life back to the area, particularly on nights and weekends.
- [Boston's Five Beautiful Buildings](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-five-beautiful-buildings/) - There you have it: five beautiful buildings in Boston that hold art and history. If you haven’t been inside any of them, make a list and do one a weekend.
- [Roundup of March 2015 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-march-2015-posts/) - In case you missed any of March’s posts because you were shoveling snow or baking up a storm, here’s a roundup of March 2015 posts organized by category.
- [You Are What You Think](https://aknextphase.com/you-are-what-you-think/) - The person we are at this very moment is the product of what we think. It plays out hundreds of times a day in the things we do and say.
- [Just Begin](https://aknextphase.com/just-begin/) - Books have been written on how to begin again that leave me wondering if there are less complicated or at least simpler paths and I conclude there aren’t.
- [Rolling Bridge Park's Red Sculpture](https://aknextphase.com/rolling-bridge-park/) - This industrial sculpture is a counterweight from the Old Colony Railroad Bridge that has been preserved in the South End’s aptly named Rolling Bridge Park.
- [Roundup of February and March 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-february-and-march-2017-posts/) - Here’s my roundup of blog posts from February and March 2017 so you can catch up if your work has kept you too busy to read. And there are recipes.
- [Roundup of June 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-june-2017-posts/) - Now that I’m back, posts will return to their usual schedule of three or four per week. In the meantime, you can catch up with this Roundup of June 2017 Posts.
- [On My Mind – February 2017](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-february-2017/) - Our credibility and status as a respected nation are bigly issues. I try, but I can’t look away. I have a lot on my mind.
- [3-Movie Roundup: January 2016](https://aknextphase.com/3-movie-roundup-jan16/) - We have been checking out the end-of-season, Oscar-bait offerings that do appeal to us and here is a 3-movie roundup of our choices.
- [On My Mind – June 2016](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-june-2016/) - We can’t keep pace with the real news, so we look to the on-line world to keep us informed, entertained and educated. Here's what's on my mind.
- [Scoreboard of 6 Summer Movies](https://aknextphase.com/summer-movie-scoreboard-2/) - I haven’t been writing much about the movies, because so few of this year's summer movies have appealed to us. Here’s the list of six summer movies.
- [A Beacon Hill with a Boo Halloween](https://aknextphase.com/beacon-hill-boo-halloween/) - We walked from the State House to the north side of the hill, through a dogleg covered alleyway, along to Louisberg Square, up and down Beacon Hill.
- [The Week That Was](https://aknextphase.com/the-week-that-was/) - We elected a new President, we celebrated Veterans Day, and a woman was fined for displaying the American Flag. It went down as The Week That Was.
- [The Christmas Kitchen](https://aknextphase.com/the-christmas-kitchen/) - Many Christmas traditions originate in the kitchen and this year I decided to do a little kitchen decorating along with the baking.
- [Waste, Fraud and Abuse at the Pentagon](https://aknextphase.com/pentagon-waste-fraud-abuse/) - The waste, fraud and abuse shows the Pentagon is taking the American taxpayer for a ride with their constant demands for more money than they actually use.
- [Short Story -- Elf Hill: Part 2](https://aknextphase.com/short-story-elf-hill-part-2/) - For those of you who read my published short story, “Elf Hill,” but wanted to know what happened next, here’s the rest of the tale.
- [12 Science Fiction Movies: First Half 2018](https://aknextphase.com/12-science-fiction-movies-first-half-2018/) - It’s January and time, once again, for my list of science fiction movies scheduled to be released in the first half of 2018.
- [Roundup of August 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-august-2019-posts/) - Despite the heat and the activities, however, Suze and Jackie and I have been writing steadily. Here, without further ado, is my roundup of August 2019 posts.
- [The Wild Critters Dance After the Snow](https://aknextphase.com/wild-critters-dance-after-snow/) - As everyone pretty much knows by now, a massive storm hit the East Coast on Saturday, dumping a lot of snow and flooding coastal areas.
- [WSJ on The Big Short](https://aknextphase.com/wsj-on-the-big-short/) - When I noted several op-ed pieces in @WSJ on the new movie, “The Big Short,” I paid attention. These articles disparaged the movie for a variety of reasons.
- [The Avengers Learn Nothing](https://aknextphase.com/avengers-learn-nothing/) - This latest film in The Avengers franchise involves good guys hitting other good guys over philosophical differences. Is this an improvement? Not hardly.
- [Love's Uncertainty in Doo-Wop Group Themes](https://aknextphase.com/loves-uncertainty-doo-wop-group-themes/) - Today, I write about ballads sung by some of the greatest doo-wop groups of the 1950s and 1960s that bring aspects of love that we have all experienced to life.
- [The Coming Texas Blue Wave](https://aknextphase.com/texas-blue-wave/) - Will there be a Blue Wave? I can’t say for sure although I certainly hope so. But Mr. Rove, looking backward as Republicans are wont to do, won’t see it coming.
- [Report from the Women's March on Washington](https://aknextphase.com/report-from-the-womens-march-on-washington/) - I took part in the Women’s March on Washington on Saturday and it was positively energizing. iI was clear that the message had gone out far and wide.
- [Roundup of January 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-january-2017-posts/) - Given those challenges and obstacles, here’s my roundup of the posts that Susanne and I wrote along with a guest post from my friend Alane.
- [Hidden Figures and Obscured History](https://aknextphase.com/hidden-figures-obscured-history/) - I recommend Hidden Figures to every thinking person who enjoys seeing for the first time a new perspective on an important part of American history.
- [On My Mind: June 2017](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-june-2017/) - With so much political discord it’s hard to focus on other news. But we are resilient people who need to stay informed. Here are some of the things on my mind.
- [Roundup of May 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-may-2018-posts/) - This monthly roundup of May 2018 posts by category will show you what you may have missed and link to any posts that you want to read.
- [Roundup of January 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-january-2019-posts/) - We covered a wide range of topics last month with information, advice and opinions. Pull up a chair and sit down to read the roundup of January 2019 blog posts.
- [How Covid-19 Flattens Our Lives](https://aknextphase.com/how-covid-19-flattens-our-lives/) - While Covid-19 is not as deadly as the Black Plague, the 1918 Spanish Flu, or tuberculosis, we don’t wake up every day thankful to not have the plague.
- [Finding the Silver Lining in a Pandemic](https://aknextphase.com/finding-silver-lining-pandemic/) - This pandemic forces us to acknowledge just how good we have it and raises our level of consciousness for those less fortunate.
- [Americans Stranded by the Kakistocracy](https://aknextphase.com/americans-stranded-kakistocracy/) - The term for this is kakistocracy: “Government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people. Shame on America. Shame on the whole kakistocracy.
- [Congress and Communications](https://aknextphase.com/congress-communications/) - Am I the only one who finds it ridiculous that our 21st-century Congress communicates with old-fashioned visual aids? Aides lift large posterboard signs.
- [Western Weird is Published!](https://aknextphase.com/western-weird-is-published/) - To find out why Mrs. Garrick was crying and how Jake, thecertified tough guy, proposes to help her, simply purchase “Manifest West: Western Weird” online.
- [Do You Remember?](https://aknextphase.com/do-you-remember/) - What is your earliest memory? When this topic comes up,, most people tell me that they can’t remember further back than ages four to five.
- [You Got a Cold? Vitamin C to the Rescue!](https://aknextphase.com/you-got-a-cold-vitamin-c-to-the-rescue/) - When you've got a cold, and use Vitamin C to get better faster, you need to know what kind of Vitamin C to take along with when and how to take it. Really.
- [Hospital-Based Infections: The Solutions Already Exist](https://aknextphase.com/hospital-based-infections/) - Solutions to the problem of hospital-based infections have been used for at least 75 years in the U.S. Abroad, many people are trained in these techniques. ,
- [Personal Memories on the 9/11 Anniversary](https://aknextphase.com/memories-911-anniversary/) - My memories of 9/11 are, fortunately, those of a bystander. I watched and listened and cried but I did not lose anyone—whether family, colleague or friend.
- [No Shopping on Thanksgiving Day!](https://aknextphase.com/no-shopping-thanksgiving-day/) - So I won’t be shopping on Thanksgiving Day. I hope you won’t, either. Spend the day with your family. Be thankful for your blessings. Share a wonderful meal.
- [Sharp-shinned Hawk and Magic](https://aknextphase.com/sharp-shinned-hawk-magic/) - The hawk was chasing a red squirrel to catch a meal. The squirrel was running around and around the trunk of a tree in his attempts to evade the hawk.
- [The Dallas Buyers Club](https://aknextphase.com/dallas-buyers-club/) - The Dallas Buyers Club is one of those small, independent films that don’t get as much support in terms of distribution and promotion as they deserve.
- [NYC's Carriage Horses](https://aknextphase.com/carriage-horses/) - Many of the well-meaning people fighting to “save the carriage horses” could end up feeding those same animals to their pampered and under-exercised dogs.
- [Edge of Tomorrow and Your Seat](https://aknextphase.com/edge-of-tomorrow-edge-seat/) - Edge of Tomorrow does the latter. It succeeds on all fronts and deserves the critical kudos it has been receiving. Here’s what it does well:
- [Spilling Tea on the Laptop](https://aknextphase.com/spilling-tea-on-laptop/) - Let's hope Suze gets a replacement laptop soon. Without our phones and laptops we are cut off, disconnected from the world, bereft of friends and colleagues.
- [More Grammar Peeves](https://aknextphase.com/grammar-peeves/) - Several people wrote to comment on this week’s post, “Did NO ONE Pay Attention in English Class?” and most contributed their own pet grammar peeves.
- [Draft Day: Front Office Competition](https://aknextphase.com/draft-day-front-office-competition/) - Draft Day is the Moneyball of football, a movie that demonstrates front office strategy, tactics, and blindsides can be more exciting than action on the field,
- [Going Home](https://aknextphase.com/going-home/) - Home has always been the place where my military father was stationed. The house, and sometimes the furnishings, came with the job. We were merely tenants.
- [The Epstein Class and Crocodile Tears](https://aknextphase.com/epstein-class-crocodile-tears/) - The men associated with him are being forced to face their behavior. The Epstein Class is treating us to crocodile tears as they express their phony regrets.
- [2014 Posts from Susanne Skinner](https://aknextphase.com/2014-posts-susanne-skinner/) - Susanne Skinner is taking her annual holiday break this week so I have filled in her slot with a roundup of all the posts she has written in the past year.
- [A Veterans Day Reflection](https://aknextphase.com/veterans-day-reflection/) - Veterans Day is always celebrated on November 11th and honors all American veterans, living or dead, with special recognition to living veterans.
- [Put Calcium Where Needed](https://aknextphase.com/put-calcium-where-needed/) - Do not supplement with calcium casually. Talk to your doctor first. Remember to ask about maximum absorption and calcification. Talk about other medications.
- [Sitting is the New Smoking](https://aknextphase.com/sitting-is-the-new-smoking/) - Sitting too much is bad for your health. Sitting, it seems is the new smoking. Researchers advise us to get up and move every once in a while.
- [Will a Twinkie or a Dark Horse Win Best Picture?](https://aknextphase.com/pick-best-picture-oscars/) - Their votes could also surprise the experts and give the Best Picture Oscar to the dark horse. After all, it’s happened before.
- [2017: The Year of the Chipmunk](https://aknextphase.com/2017-the-year-of-the-chipmunk/) - 2017 is the year of the chipmunk. If you live anywhere outside a city in New England you have noticed the large number of chipmunks this year anywhere you look.
- [Roundup of July 2017 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-july-2017-posts/) - Here’s the roundup of July 2017 posts, including another short story. The continuation of “Elf Hill,” will appear on Friday.
- [New Automotive Technologies Meet the Law of Unintended Consequences](https://aknextphase.com/new-automotive-technologies-meet-law-unintended-consequences/) - Maybe, just maybe, management and tech folk have not thought through the ramifications of these new automotive technologies. What could possibly go wrong?
- [AI: The Monster We're Creating](https://aknextphase.com/ai-monster/) - AI is acting on its own behalf. It is the ultimate psychopath, lacking human empathy, sympathy, love, and justice. We have created a monster and it is NOT us.
- [On My Mind](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-christmas-2015/) - Let’s start enjoying the holiday vibe; getting together with friends and sharing the joys of the season. Here's what's on my mind.
- [Walking Tour Withdrawal](https://aknextphase.com/walking-tour-withdrawal/) - It's winter and I’m in walking tour withdrawal. The Boston By Foot tour season ended in November, although we still do private walking tours for hardy groups.
- [I Don't Have a Headache -- I Have a Migraine!](https://aknextphase.com/i-have-a-migraine/) - Most primary-care doctors cannot give you a definition for migraine, in part because there is no one universally accepted explanation.
- [The Music Inside You](https://aknextphase.com/the-music-inside-you/) - I would regret if I had not listened to the music in my heart; realizing I should have. I would see the passing time as lost opportunity and joy not realized.
- [Useless Video Cats](https://aknextphase.com/useless-video-cats/) - You have not seen videos of our cats posted on YouTube and you won’t. Ever. They don’t do anything weird, strange, unusual, un-feline, or athletic
- [Patient Paperwork](https://aknextphase.com/patient-paperwork/) - Remember the last time you navigated the bureaucratic shoals of your health insurance provider? Remember the patient paperwork you had to slog through?
- [What Are Luxury Accommodations?](https://aknextphase.com/luxury-accomodations/) - Dear Roseanne Roseannadanna, What’s all this fuss about luxury accommodation? If I book a luxury accommodation what should I expect?
- [Copyright Infringement v 2](https://aknextphase.com/copyright-infringement-v-2/) - I wrote a post about an email I kept receiving from someone claiming to be Comcast Customer Security Assurance warning me of a potential copyright infringement.
- [Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation](https://aknextphase.com/mission-impossible-rogue-nation/) - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation combines bold feats, technical wizardry, flawless disguises, fearless teamwork, political intrigue and mind-boggling stunts.
- [How the World Ends](https://aknextphase.com/how-the-world-ends/) - Some of the books about how the world ends are optimistic, seeing a new and possibly better future for humanity once it transcends devastation.
- [Making Bricks Without Straw](https://aknextphase.com/making-bricks-without-straw/) - Making bricks without straw refers to a task which must be completed without sufficient resources. This phrase comes from the Old Testament (Ex. 5:13)
- [Tomato Season Ends](https://aknextphase.com/tomato-season-ends/) - I planted one Early Girl, one Better Boy and one Beefsteak tomato plant. They took a while to get started but I watered and fed them regularly.
- [Misunderstood Migraines](https://aknextphase.com/misunderstood-migraines/) - There are many different types of migraines. Some are hemicranial, others are preceded by an aura, and others that connect to symptoms of a stroke or seizure.
- [Burnt but Good](https://aknextphase.com/burnt-but-good/) - Like many films in this genre, Burnt is less about food than it is about the life journey of a chef who works with food every day. Food is his life.
- [It's Time for Winter Squash](https://aknextphase.com/time-for-winter-squash/) - Winter squash will not win any beauty contests. It has a hard and knobby exterior, comes in weird shapes and sizes, and does not look promising from outside.
- [Magical: An Anthology is Out!](https://aknextphase.com/magical-anthology/) - Magical: An Anthology of Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and Other Magical Fiction for Adults, edited by Kelly Ann Jacobson, holds 31 stories including one of mine.
- [When the Other Shoe Drops: Part One](https://aknextphase.com/when-the-other-shoe-drops-part-one/) - In the middle of June, the other shoe dropped. Shortly after 9:00 am on a Monday, my manager called me in to read from a script my role had been eliminated.
- [Roundup of February-March 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-february-march-2019-posts/) - N that I have a pretty good collection across a variety of categories, here is the (semi) monthly roundup of February-March 2019 posts:
- [Roundup of May 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-may-2019-posts/) - Here is the Roundup of May 2019 posts that Suze and I put up this month. If you ran into that glitch and missed a few, here’s your chance to catch up.
- [Christmas Presence](https://aknextphase.com/christmas-presence/) - One subject lies heavily between us, a presence that is dark and unspoken. It resists conversation and steals joy from the day.
- [10 Top Science Fiction Movies in 2015](https://aknextphase.com/top-science-fiction-movies-in-2015/) - January is here and it’s time for my annual roundup of science fiction movies that will be released in 2015. Some of them are eagerly anticipated.
- [Viewing Wildlife from Your House](https://aknextphase.com/viewing-wildlife-from-your-house/) - We loved our wildlife views and I hope the people who live in our old house now enjoy their finned, winged, and four-legged neighbors as much as we did.
- [Good-Bye David Letterman](https://aknextphase.com/good-bye-david-letterman/) - So why are the news media fixated on the retirement of David Letterman to the exclusion of many of the others listed above? Here’s my four-part explanation:
- [Who Managed Little St. James?](https://aknextphase.com/who-managed-little-st-james/) - The management of day‑to‑day operations on Little St. James during Jeffrey Epstein’s ownership was handled through Little St. James Operations LLC,
- [Be Smart About the Nutritional Supplements You Take](https://aknextphase.com/smart-nutritional-supplements-take/) - Much of these data existed years ago, although some of the interaction information she cites is new. Here are 3 questions to bear in mind about nutritional supplements.
- [On My Mind: March 2016](https://aknextphase.com/mind-march-2016/) - I can't make sense of it. Politics and terrorism are painful reminders that our world is hurting. These are things that have been on my mind.
- [Spring Song](https://aknextphase.com/spring-song/) - After two weeks of below-normal temperatures, rain, drizzle, and wind our spring song was muted and it was hard to believe that spring was actually here.
- [The Lobster: Not So Hot](https://aknextphase.com/the-lobster-not-hot/) - In the case of The Lobster, the imbalance of Tomatometer scores comes from its excellent reviews versus the less enthusiastic audience scores.
- [Roundup of November-December 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-november-december-2019-posts/) - I never did a roundup of November’s blog posts so this is a twofer. You get the roundup of all the November-December 2019 posts.
- [To My Husband on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday](https://aknextphase.com/to-my-husband-on-his-60th-birthday/) - This week we’re celebrating the birthday of my husband and I penned a few lines to commemorate a milestone occasion. Today the blog is lighthearted.
- [An Open Letter to the Class of 2020](https://aknextphase.com/an-open-letter-to-the-class-of-2020/) - Congratulations, Class of 2020. Carry these skills, lessons, disappointments, and celebrations as reminders of how strong you are in the face of adversity.
- [Roundup of October 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-october-2020-posts/) - Through all the political and cultural sturm und drang, Susanne and I kept writing. Here’s the monthly summary with a roundup of October 2020 posts by category.
- [Packaging: When the Chips are Down . . . Down . . . Down](https://aknextphase.com/packaging-chips-are-down/) - Studies claim the majority of us don't bother to look at the actual packaging or weight—unless you are my husband—and simply grab the familiar brand.
- [SHAPE and the Ties That Bind Us](https://aknextphase.com/shape-ties-that-bind/) - I am certain there are no other reunions like ours, just as there are no other classmates like my SHAPE sisters and brothers.
- [Update: Lovin Spoonfuls Got the Truck!](https://aknextphase.com/update-lovin-spoonfuls-got-the-truck/) - I’m happy to report that our votes for Lovin Spoonfuls were successful. Toyota notified them last night that they won that day’s contest!
- [Return of the Holy Beanblowers](https://aknextphase.com/return-holy-beanblowers/) - The four angels at the corners hold gilded, downward-facing horns. This display earned the Brattle Square Church the nickname of “Church of the Holy Beanblowers.”
- [Sleep Problems and Counting Sheep](https://aknextphase.com/sleep-problems-and-counting-sheep/) - Do you have trouble sleeping? Falling asleep? Staying asleep? If you have sleep problems you are not alone. Sleep is a complicated subject.
- [Statin Drugs and Calcium Absorption](https://aknextphase.com/stagin-drugs-calcium/) - Statin drugs are prescription drugs designed to help lower cholesterol levels in the body by slowing down the production of cholesterol in the liver.
- [Omeprazole: It's Everywhere](https://aknextphase.com/omeprazole-everywhere/) - My barber told me that he has acid reflux, and that Omeprazole—a.k.a. Prilosec—which he has taken for years, seems to help.
- [Answers on Downton Abbey](https://aknextphase.com/downton-abbey/) - Speaking as a docent and tour guide for Boston By Foot, I say that I was very disappointed in the Crawley family on Sunday night’s episode of Downton Abbey.
- [New Mercies](https://aknextphase.com/new-mercies/) - We get a do-over every morning. It isn't always a clean slate, but it is the gift of another day with fresh perspectives and new mercies.
- [La La Land is No Best Picture](https://aknextphase.com/la-la-land-no-best-picture/) - Everyone—from critics to friends' opinions I trust—have been raving about La La Land so we went to see it last week.Here's my opinion in a nutshell:
- [Logan, Mutants, Struggle and Violence](https://aknextphase.com/logan-mutants-struggle-violence/) - Logan is both powerful and gripping. It gives us a human story filled with human conflicts, vulnerabilities, doubts, mistakes and small victories.
- [You Can't Always Get What You Want](https://aknextphase.com/cant-always-get-want/) - You can’t always get what you want. We don’t like to be told we can’t have something because it means we’re being controlled by circumstances.
- [Thanksgiving: The Turkey Day Roundup](https://aknextphase.com/thanksgiving-turkey-day-roundup/) - Today is Thanksgiving and there is no blog post. I have compiled a roundup of Thanksgiving posts that Suze and I have written in reverse chronological order.
- [Christmas: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year](https://aknextphase.com/christmas-wonderful-time-year/) - I want a simplified Christmas, with time to participate in and share the joys of the season. It really should be the most wonderful time of the year.
- [The Winter of My Discontent](https://aknextphase.com/winter-discontent/) - The remnants of winter are all around me. The days are longer, but continue to be gray and cold. The roads are full of cracks and axle breaking potholes.
- [A Mighty Fine Dog](https://aknextphase.com/mighty-fine-dog/) - This dog had lots of humans who loved him and one very special boy who chose him from a litter of eight-week-old puppies; or more accurately, the dog chose him.
- [Social Media + Water + Ice = $](https://aknextphase.com/social-media-water-ice/) - Thanks to a bucket of ice water and a viral social media campaign there are 740 thousand new donors to ALS research. This is social media put to good use.
- [The To Do List](https://aknextphase.com/list/) - Keeping a To Do list has been a recurring theme in my personal and professional life. At the office; my work hinges on time-sensitive details.
- [Raining at the Flynn Cruiseport](https://aknextphase.com/raining-flynn-cruiseport/) - I had a scheduled tour at the Flynn Cruiseport. Fortunately, the rain let up while I was walking from Massport’s Cellphone Waiting Lot to the pier.
- [The Eloquent Speaker](https://aknextphase.com/eloquent-speaker/) - A good public speaker pays attention to the audience. Authenticity takes a speaker from rehearsed repetition to engaging an audience in the journey,
- [Blood Pressure Questions](https://aknextphase.com/blood-pressure-questions/) - Blood pressure readings are measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and are given as two numbers: systolic and diastolic.
- [Boston's Hidden Gems: Mapparium](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-hidden-gems-mapparium/) - The Mapparium is an enormous stained glass globe that’s 30 feet wide and three stories tall. You walk through it on a glass bridge that gives you at 360° view.
- [Mindfulness](https://aknextphase.com/mindfulness/) - I am committed to incorporating mindfulness into my daily routine and managing voices in my head. It is being rather than doing, which benefits mind and body.
- [Epstein and His Sadistic Followers](https://aknextphase.com/epstein-sadistic-followers/) - The more we see from the first tranche of Epstein materials, the more revolted we become. The scope of their actions, and their privilege boggles the mind.
- [The Road Not Taken](https://aknextphase.com/the-road-not-taken/) - Who hasn't thought of what Robert Frost called “the road not taken” and wondered what life would have been like if only one had been more daring and courageous
- [Predicting Future Technology: Part 3](https://aknextphase.com/predicting-future-technology-part-3/) - Here are three of the problems I would like to see solved by future technology, along with solutions that have already been developed:
- [Eating with the Seasons: Summer](https://aknextphase.com/eating-seasons-summer/) - The summer harvest will reward you and your taste buds will thank you when you are buying and eating what’s growing in your seasonal neighborhood.
- [The Accountant: Solving A Complex Puzzle](https://aknextphase.com/the-accountant-solving-complex-puzzle-puzzle/) - The critics went all “meh” on The Accountant but the fans—and I’m one of them—have a completely different opinion. Just look at the Rotten Tomatoes scores.
- [The One Minute Life](https://aknextphase.com/one-minute-life/) - There are many things than can be accomplished in one minute; things that add up on a to-do list. None of these revolutionize the world –that’s bigger stuff.
- [Sell Me This Pen](https://aknextphase.com/sell-me-this-pen/) - In the now famous scene, he takes a pen out of his pocket, hands it to one of his new recruits, and challenges him to sell me this pen.
- [Ain't Nobody Got Time for That](https://aknextphase.com/aint-nobody-got-time-for-that/) - When you find yourself overly burdened by the daily grind and minutiae of life let her remind you… ain’t nobody got time for that!
- [Short Story: Elf Hill](https://aknextphase.com/short-story-elf-hill/) - My new short story, “Elf Hill” was published in 2014 in an anthology called “Magical: An Anthology of Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and Other Magical Fiction.”
- [Short Story: The Broadcast Circle](https://aknextphase.com/short-story-the-broadcast-circle/) - Read “The Broadcast Circle” as a Halloween treat with no calories. Tell me what you think, especially if you also read “Big Driver.” Here’s the beginning:
- [On My Mind: December 2017](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-december-2017/) - Here’s a quick look at what’s going on in the world as we approach the end of the year. There's a lot on my mind this December 2017.
- [Future Days, Short Stories and Writing](https://aknextphase.com/future-days-short-stories-and-writing/) - My story, “The Good Citizen,” takes a darkish view of our future days, showing what can happen when the corporate-political complex runs amok.
- [Boston's Five First Events](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-five-first-events/) - Boston created many events that broke new ground and set new examples. Many were later replicated by other cities. Here are Boston's five first events.
- [Supermarket Robots: The Grocery Games](https://aknextphase.com/supermarket-robots-grocery-games/) - But, really, these supermarket robots have to make good market sense in terms of both functionality and meeting a real need.
- [Will Artificial Intelligence Destroy the Middle Class?](https://aknextphase.com/will-artificial-intelligence-destroy-the-middle-class/) - I'm not the only one who sees danger ahead from artificial intelligence and robots replacing human jobs. AI researchers worry about the potential repercussions.
- [Geography, Butterflies and Life Choices](https://aknextphase.com/geography-butterflies-and-life-choices/) - I have been thinking about the comments that came in from my post on Robots and Unemployment. Several revolved around the concept of life choices.
- [50 Congress Street Residential Conversion](https://aknextphase.com/congress-street-residential/) - The building at 50 Congress Street, designed by Andrews, Jacques, and Rantoul, originally served as the headquarters for the State Mutual Life Insurance Company
- [Birdman Soars on Great Acting](https://aknextphase.com/birdman-soars-great-acting/) - Birdman (Or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is an odd duck of a movie. It was not my selection and I had not read the reviews before seeing it with our son.
- [The Christmas Letter](https://aknextphase.com/christmas-letter/) - As both a writer and receiver of The Annual Christmas Letter I hold strong opinions about them. They keep us connected to people we no longer see regularly.
- [Merry Christmas from the Final Frontier](https://aknextphase.com/merry-christmas-final-frontier/) - I see progress on space exploration. I see, at long last, a willingness to think beyond the surly bonds of Earth and reach for the Final Frontier.
- [American Sniper & Wild: Two Struggles](https://aknextphase.com/american-sniper-wild/) - American Sniper has a lot of guns and violence to keep the guys in the audience happy along with romance and family values for the gals.
- [The Ins and Outs of Passing Gas](https://aknextphase.com/ins-outs-passing-gas/) - Everybody knows about passing gas. My youngest granddaughter, when she was two, asked me after I made that sound, “Grandpa, did you just toot?”
- [Susanne at Home Baker Class](https://aknextphase.com/susanne-home-baker-class/) - Susanne Skinner, our regular Monday author, doesn't have a post today because she’s attending a Home Baker class in the at King Arthur Flour in Vermont.
- [Writing About Boston's Hidden Gems](https://aknextphase.com/writing-bostons-hidden-gems/) - As the list of Boston's Hidden Gems grew longer, I received suggestions from readers. I can keep going for some time but I’m always happy to get suggestions.
- [Life Lessons from my Dad](https://aknextphase.com/life-lessons-from-my-dad/) - My Dad was a take-no-prisoners father. He did not tolerate behavior that seems acceptable today and was a harsh task master. We did what we were told.
- [Roundup of February 2015 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-february-2015-posts/) - If you missed anything because you were shoveling your roof or stocking up on bread and milk, here’s a roundup of February 2015 posts.
- [Lately I've Been Thinking . . .](https://aknextphase.com/lately-ive-been-thinking/) - Sometimes the interesting things get buried behind the headlines but they still deserve our attention. Lately I've been thinking about them.
- [One-of-a-Kind-Mom:  A Mother's Day Tribute](https://aknextphase.com/one-of-a-kind-mom-a-mothers-day-tribute/) - She was a one-of-a-kind mom and a force to be reckoned with. Other kid’s moms had backbones made from the usual stuff but my mom’s was made of solid steel. I
- [Bad Food and the Super Bowl](https://aknextphase.com/bad-food-super-bowl/) - Anyone who pays attention to what they buy and what they eat know what the Bad Food is. But they often eat it anyway. Don’t let the Bad Food get you down.
- [Denying Life Outside Work](https://aknextphase.com/denying-life-outside-work/) - To people who work in the high tech industry the existence of life outside work is an ongoing revelation. the article focuses on “martyr capitalism.”
- [25 Signs You're Working Too Much](https://aknextphase.com/25-signs-youre-working-much/) - I kept getting little memory flashes of things I have seen and heard, not to mention experienced, about people working too much. I decided to collect them.
- [Leaky Gut: Duct Tape Won’t Help](https://aknextphase.com/leaky-gut-duct-tape-wont-help/) - Doctors will often treat the symptoms of leaky gut — the physical manifestations of an “invisible” cause—instead of the real cause.
- [Celebrate the Ordinary](https://aknextphase.com/celebrate-the-ordinary/) - Somewhere along the way extraordinary has become synonymous with success and ordinary equated with well … less than success.
- [Perspective and Perception](https://aknextphase.com/perspective-and-perception/) - The differences that exist between perception and perspective can be subtle but they are very real and shape our awareness and opinions.
- [10 Best Jobs for the Gig Economy](https://aknextphase.com/10-best-jobs-gig-economy/) - The gig economy lets companies, particularly small firms, purchase the skills and services they need without committing resources for a full-time employee.
- [Ill-Mannered Children and Rude Adults](https://aknextphase.com/ill-mannered-children-and-rude-adults/) - Ill-mannered children grow up to be rude adults and never realize how that lack of what we once called social graces affects their job prospects.
- [In an Instant the World Can Change](https://aknextphase.com/instant-world-can-change/) - In an instant, the world can change for us and for everyone around us. This is not an obituary but I would like to address a couple of points.
- [Don't Blame Me -- The Algorithm Made Me Do It](https://aknextphase.com/the-algorithm-made-me-do-it/) - Having decided to throw a passenger from the plane, UA whiffed on making a logical selection about which human beings to target and had an algorithm decide.
- [One Day of Spring](https://aknextphase.com/one-day-of-spring/) - On our one day of spring, the sun rode high in a clear blue sky and the temperatures rose to almost 60 degrees. I went for a long walk.
- [Do the Right Thing](https://aknextphase.com/do-the-right-thing/) - Many CEOs do not do the right thing, deliberately running companies, morale and people into the ground. Layoffs and downsizing are the norm in today’s workplace.
- [The Semicolon Project](https://aknextphase.com/semicolon-project/) - The Semicolon Project, started in 2013 by Amy Bleuel, was inspired by her own struggle with depression, which is something easily missed during the teen years.
- [Winter Farmer’s Market @ Russell’s Garden Center](https://aknextphase.com/winter-farmers-market-russells-garden-center/) - Today I stopped at the Winter Farmer’s Market at Russell’s Garden Center in Wayland. It's always spring inside Russell's greenhouses.
- [What's On My Mind](https://aknextphase.com/whats-on-my-mind/) - But there is also a lot going on in the world and it’s up to us to stay on top of things. Here’s what’s on my mind.
- [The OPM Data Hack](https://aknextphase.com/opm-data-hack/) - The OPM data hack is being called the biggest data hack of all time. It's looking like 18 million to 32 million--people will be affected by the OPM data breach.
- [The Unfriendly Skies](https://aknextphase.com/unfriendly-skies/) - When any industry has a monopoly on a commodity the public depends on, it invites abuse. So we arrive at the unfriendly skies.
- [Winter Storm Juno and We’re OK](https://aknextphase.com/winter-storm-juno/) - So we have learned and getting through Winter Storm Juno should be simpler and easier. The weather has also cooperated with light dry snow,
- [A Springtime Leap of Faith](https://aknextphase.com/springtime-leap-of-faith/) - Two weeks ago I took a springtime leap of faith. I signed up to be one of three docents leading a private Dark Side of Boston tour for Boston By Foot.
- [The Democrats' Messaging Problem](https://aknextphase.com/democrats-messaging-problem/) - The Democrats' messaging problem has four components, ALL of which need to be addressed. Forget either/or decisions. All four components reinforce one another.
- [Boston's Hidden Gems: BPL Courtyard](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-hidden-gems-bpl-courtyard/) - It’s easy to find the BPL courtyard. Just walk in the main entrance on Dartmouth Street past the statues of Art and Science by Bela Pratt.
- [Boston's Hidden Gems: 4 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-hidden-gems-4-posts/) - This month I started a series of posts about Boston’s hidden gems. These are largely unknown places in the city that ordinary folks can visit.
- [A Childhood Mansion](https://aknextphase.com/a-childhood-mansion/) - The Mansion section has a front page story on a notable dwelling that is over the top from towers and tunnels to wine cellars and full-out yoga studios.
- [Road to Assisted Living: Postscript](https://aknextphase.com/road-to-assisted-living-postscript/) - Assisted living includes private apartments with progressive assistance options and a specialized program for memory impairment.
- [Thanksgiving Break](https://aknextphase.com/thanksgiving-break/) - Don't just eat and watch The Game on TV. Start your own 30 days of Thankfulness. Here are some suggestions for our Thanksgiving Break.
- [On My Mind: February 2016](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-february-2016/) - I’ve made it easy for you with this list of things On My Mind. At the very least I have given you a head start. A winter afternoon is the perfect time.
- [A Quiet House](https://aknextphase.com/a-quiet-house/) - We live in a quiet house. It wasn’t always that way; in fact at one time we had wall-to-wall bodies that came with loud voices, music, motion and chaos.
- [Work Somewhere Awesome](https://aknextphase.com/work-somewhere-awesome/) - Finding an awesome place to work requires effort and research. Do your homework and you’ll avoid ending up in a hot mess.
- [The Old South Building Goes Residential](https://aknextphase.com/old-south-building-residential/) - The Old South Building has joined Boston's commercial buildings being converted to residential spaces, adding 255 rental units to Boston’s housing market.
- [Role Models](https://aknextphase.com/role-models/) - The moment we enter this world we are surrounded by role models. In the beginning we have family and extended family. They show us a way to be.
- [Airlines and Collusion](https://aknextphase.com/airlines-collusion/) - The airlines have done an outstanding job of alienating their customers by making the experience of flying as unpleasant and difficult as possible.
- [Downtown American Literature](https://aknextphase.com/downtown-american-literature/) - Hudson, Massachusetts, has a classic nineteenth-century downtown. It’s not as rich or as fashionable as main streets in upscale communities but it’s homey
- [No Is a Complete Sentence](https://aknextphase.com/no-is-a-complete-sentence/) - No means no. This was an oft-repeated phrase when we were raising kids, who firmly believe that no means maybe and maybe means yes.
- [The Face of Courage](https://aknextphase.com/the-face-of-courage/) - October 9, 2012, two Taliban assassins climbed onto Malala Yousafzai's school bus, called her by name and shot her in the head. She became the face of courage.
- [Should I Stay or Should I Go?](https://aknextphase.com/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/) - The second, equally compelling reason not to stay was an out-of-the-blue email from a former manager now at a new company and building a marketing team.
- [Beware Pleonasms](https://aknextphase.com/beware-pleonasms/) - Now that you understand pleonasms, you should be able to see why these terms are redundant. If not, just check the dictionary for their real meanings.
- [Vaccination: Safe or Not?](https://aknextphase.com/vaccination-safe-or-not/) - Everyone in the United States, from my Boomer generation forward, grew up with vaccination as an accepted part of life, made available as they were developed.
- [Boston's 12 Hidden Gems](https://aknextphase.com/boston-12-hidden-gems/) - The hidden gems are largely unknown places in the city of Boston that ordinary folks can visit. Some are outside and some are inside and some bring outdoors in.
- [2016: A Year of Less](https://aknextphase.com/2016-a-year-of-less/) - For me, 2016 is going to be a year of less. This is not about becoming a minimalist or going without, it’s about creating a simpler and more fulfilling life.
- [Cooking with Leftovers](https://aknextphase.com/cooking-leftovers/) - Leftovers have been around for a long time, we just didn’t have a name for them. There was no word to describe food that carried over from one meal to the next.
- [The Winter Kitchen](https://aknextphase.com/the-winter-kitchen/) - Braising, simmering, and slow cooking come to mind when I think of my winter kitchen. These methods tenderize meat and vegetables and infuse them with flavor.
- [Boston's Bronze Teddy Bear](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-bronze-teddy-bear/) - Everyone loved Boston’s bronze teddy bear. Children climbed on him. Tourists, couples, and parents in town with the family took pictures of him.
- [Predicting Future Technology: Part 2](https://aknextphase.com/predicting-future-technology-part-2/) - Yesterday I talked about how good science fiction is in predicting future technology. Or not. That question puts the genre directly in the prophecy business.
- [Predicting Future Technology](https://aknextphase.com/predicting-future-technology/) - How good is science fiction at predicting future technology? Should scientists be looking more carefully at science fiction for ideas and direction?
- [Cell Phone Addiction](https://aknextphase.com/cell-phone-addiction/) - Cell phone addiction is right up there with substance abuse and compulsive shopping; there are now treatment centers specializing in cell phone addiction.
- [Wounded Warrior Project:  Charity or Investment Bank?](https://aknextphase.com/wounded-warrior-project-charity-or-investment-bank/) - Among the largest veteran’s charities in America, the Wounded Warrior Project has come under intense scrutiny in the past 24 months. Is it a legitimate charity?
- [The Difference a Dog Makes](https://aknextphase.com/the-difference-a-dog-makes/) - The companionship and comfort of a dog are constant. My little buddies can make the worst day better just by sitting with me.That’s the difference a dog makes.
- [The Fenway's Pronghorn Antelope](https://aknextphase.com/fenway-pronghorn-antelope/) - The archer is one part of this pair of statues outside the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The second is the Pronghorn Antelope, that has been struck by his arrow.
- [Aw Shucks! My First Oysters](https://aknextphase.com/my-first-oysters/) - Picnic tables bore platters of fresh oysters on the half shell, bowls of cut lemons, artisanal buttered bread, bottles of white wine, plates and small forks.
- [Preposterous Powerball](https://aknextphase.com/preposterous-powerball/) - Powerball fever is gripping the land. As the jackpot rises, more people buy tickets. This, of course, also increases the odds that you won’t win.
- [The IF in Difference](https://aknextphase.com/the-if-in-difference/) - Everyone has the ability make a difference; to be the enabling force behind the power of “what if.” Making a difference requires a connection to the world .
- [10 Most Stressful Jobs](https://aknextphase.com/10-most-stressful-jobs/) - Stressful jobs number five and six surprised me. I’ve done them both so I’m familiar with the stress levels; I just didn’t realize they would score so high.
- [Tasting Sweet Sauternes](https://aknextphase.com/sweet-sauternes-wines/) - We visited Chateau Guiraud, which produces a variety of wines, including the sweet sauternes. The Chateau is located 20 miles south of Bordeaux.
- [Boston's Horses: Paint and Henry](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-horses-paint-and-henry/) - Paint and Henry graze in a garden outside the Copley Place mall off Huntington Ave, minus rider or tack and they have a history that's more retail than martial.
- [Boston's Popcorn Man](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-old-popcorn-man/) - The Popcorn Man usual could usually be found at the corner of Arlington and Boylston Streets. Sometimes he worked Copley Square or Downtown Crossing.
- [Boston's Kensington Lions](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-kensington-lions/) - The "Kensington Lions" originally lived nearby on Boylston Street, west of the Old South Church and directly across from the BPL's McKim Building.
- [Voter Suppression in the Midterms](https://aknextphase.com/voter-suppression-midterms/) - Project 2025 lays out a framework for voter suppression that would make voting harder, increase intimidation of election workers, and weaken federal protections
- [The Age of Too Much Information](https://aknextphase.com/age-too-much-information/) - Oversharing is the act of sharing too much information, or TMI, with people who are not always prepared or qualified to handle it. We no longer value privacy.
- [Wonder Woman Wows Audiences](https://aknextphase.com/wonder-woman-wows-audiences/) - Wonder Woman scored a huge box-office success in its opening weekend, which kind of put a stick in the eye of the three big conflicts swirling around it.
- [What to Know When Buying a Funeral](https://aknextphase.com/what-to-know-when-buying-a-funeral/) - When deciding what you want and what that will cost, buying a funeral is exactly what it sounds like. Death care, as it’s often called, is a business.
- [Lyme Disease, Vaccine and Lawyers](https://aknextphase.com/lyme-disease-vaccine-and-lawyers/) - Since writing about getting Lyme Disease back in 2013 I have wondered why no drug company has developed a vaccine for this awful tick-borne illness.
- [How Supplements Interact with Prescription Drugs: Part 2](https://aknextphase.com/supplements-interact-prescription-drugs/) - Here is the second installment on how The Wall Street Journal's information about the potential interactions of nutritional supplements with prescription drugs.
- [The Unfree Market: Part 2](https://aknextphase.com/unfree-market-part-2/) - Companies want the federal government to mandate an unfree market by intruding on states' rights, free markets, and individual choice with federal regulations.
- [Airline Profits Up: Passenger Comfort Down](https://aknextphase.com/airline-profits-passenger-comfort/) - Airline profits are up, way up. They’re raking in money faster than they can count it. The airline industry profits tripled to $29 billion last year.
- [Sound and Sense in Brain Processing](https://aknextphase.com/sound-sense-brain-processing/) - Scientists are beginning to explore how the brain experiences and processes meanings and nuances of words, and then tries to communicate that meaning.
- [Golf, Nature and Meditation](https://aknextphase.com/golf-nature-meditation/) - I learned to play golf many years ago when I worked for companies. I wanted to participate in the golf outings that make up a key part of corporate events.
- [The Rise of the Emoji](https://aknextphase.com/rise-of-the-emoji/) - Emoji literally means “picture + character” in Japanese, explaining why many emoji are very specific to this culture. Initially there were 180 emotional icons;
- [Roundup of March 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-march-2016-posts/) - Here, in alphabetical order by topic, is a roundup of March 2016 posts on The Next Phase Blog. Take a look and catch up on any you missed.
- [Ask a Busy Person](https://aknextphase.com/ask-busy-person/) - I am now one of those retired people who is such a busy person I wonder how I ever had the time to work. That means more people are asking me to do more.
- [Queen Victoria and the Bedchamber Crisis](https://aknextphase.com/queen-victoria-and-the-bedchamber-crisis/) - The new Tory government fell the decision of one woman—Queen Victoria—not to treat her ladies of the bedchamber as impersonal brainless units to be swapped out.
- [Cruiseport Improvements = Revenue](https://aknextphase.com/cruiseport-improvements-revenue/) - To set the picture, here is what Boston's Cruiseport offers passengers today at its two indoor gates when they come to the city:
- [Harambe and the Boy at the Zoo](https://aknextphase.com/harambe-boy-zoo/) - By now anyone with television and Internet is familiar with the story of Harambe and the boy at the zoo. Emotions on this topic run high and wide.
- [Robots and the Post-work Society](https://aknextphase.com/robots-post-work-society/) - What would an automated post-work society look like? Would it be a utopian universe in which no one has to work but people do the jobs they find fulfilling?
- [Cybernics, Robots and Caretakers](https://aknextphase.com/cybernics-robots-caretakers/) - Now I’m watching robots move into industries that we would not have predicted, like elder care,
- [How to Quit Your Job](https://aknextphase.com/how-to-quit-your-job/) - People quit jobs for a variety of reasons, and the issue of how to quit a job came up among my colleagues during an informal lunch.
- [Disruptive Innovation](https://aknextphase.com/disruptive-innovation/) - This is what creates change, disrupts industries and leads innovation. A diversified workforce sustains a culture of collaboration and excellence.
- [How Recessions Shape Company Culture](https://aknextphase.com/recessions-shape-company-culture/) - it’s always important to put company culture into the mix. Money, perks, title, or a short commute mean nothing if you’re miserable once you walk in the door.
- [Why Struggle is for the Middle Class](https://aknextphase.com/struggle-for-middle-class/) - These memes are middle class things. The upper classes don’t share either the struggle or the regret. Those things just come to them.
- [Cats and Dogs on Huntington Avenue](https://aknextphase.com/cats-dogs-together-huntington-avenue/) - Two of Boston’s 300-odd colleges and universities sit side by side on Huntington Avenue, which is also known as the Avenue of the Arts.
- [The Neurodivergence Interview Question.](https://aknextphase.com/neurodivergence-interview-question/) - There is simply no way to ask about neurodivergence in an interview without violating the law, personal privacy, HIPAA regulations, and good manners.
- [Van Gogh at The Clark Institute](https://aknextphase.com/van-gogh-at-the-clark-institute/) - This weekend we drove out to Williamstown in the far northwest corner of Massachusetts to visit a Van Gogh show at the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute.
- [What Ever Happened to Customer Service?](https://aknextphase.com/whatever-happened-to-customer-service/) - Customer service is hard enough when you are dealing with people in the same country but when you off-shore this function you mitigate the problems.
- [Ageism Debunked -- Again](https://aknextphase.com/ageism-debunked-again/) - New studies contradict two of the big myths behind ageism: that older workers are more expensive and less productive. Here are some facts about ageism.
- [Inside vs Outside Critters](https://aknextphase.com/inside-vs-outside-critters/) - My friend Martha is having trouble explaining to her pets the difference between outside toys and inside toys, as well as outside critters and inside critters
- [Nursing is Not for Me](https://aknextphase.com/nursing-is-not-for-me/) - I freely admit that I must have been standing behind the door when the nursing gene was handed out because I do not possess it.
- [11 Best Jobs for Women](https://aknextphase.com/11-best-jobs-for-women/) - Last week CareerCast issued a report on the best jobs for women in 2015 and the results are interesting. The report should analyze three factors.
- [The High Cost of Prescription Drugs](https://aknextphase.com/high-cost-prescription-drugs/) - The high cost of prescription drugs has steadily increased over the last decade. Prices for pharmaceutical products in the United States continue to skyrocket,
- [Wrinkle Creams: Hope in a Jar](https://aknextphase.com/wrinkle-creams-hope-jar/) - Wrinkle creams really don’t do much besides temporarily add moisture to the skin, so save your money and buy a good moisturizer.
- [AI Evolution and the Rise of the Machines](https://aknextphase.com/ai-evolution-rise-machines/) - We keep hearing reassurance from experts who tell us that AI won’t be taking over the world soon because they can’t think for themselves or act independently.
- [Politics, Lies and Alternative Facts](https://aknextphase.com/politics-lies-alternative-facts/) - Despite the recent media hype, this concept is not new. Alternative Facts have been used throughout history by people in power to maintain control and status.
- [Entering The No Change Zone](https://aknextphase.com/entering-change-zone/) - Big or small, good or bad, hoped for and uninvited, change is a double-edged sword. We seek it; we fear it and we try to deal with it.
- [The Long Trip](https://aknextphase.com/long-trip/) - Part of the trip will be spectacular, part will be boring but it should all be interesting--an adventure I hadn't planned on doing in my lifetime.
- [Don’t Be That Guy—Please](https://aknextphase.com/dont-be-that-guy-please/) - Not only does Lindsey confront the men who offer unwelcome attention, she hands them a card Against Harassment: “Nobody likes that guy. Don’t be that guy.”
- [New York City: A Helluva Town](https://aknextphase.com/new-york-city-helluva-town/) - Two articles about New York City popped up on Twitter this week. One made me nod in agreement while the other made me laugh out loud:
- [The Myth of Work-Life Balance](https://aknextphase.com/myth-work-life-balance/) - From where I sit, work-life balance is at best an abstract model and at worst a complete myth. Work is part of life, and we make work-life choices.
- [Men Supporting Gender Equality](https://aknextphase.com/men-supporting-gender-equality/) - How long is it going to take for more men to start working cooperatively with women on gender equality instead of dismissing them for not acting like men?
- [Gender Discrimination in Silicon Valley](https://aknextphase.com/gender-discrimination-in-silicon-valley/) - Ms. Pao’s suit ripped the cover off the open secret of gender discrimination in VC companies and, by extension, into the high tech industry they support.
- [The Darknet Rises](https://aknextphase.com/darknet-rises/) - A darknet is a variation on a virtual private network (VPN) with measures in place to ensure that network and IP addresses of members are not discoverable.
- [How the Nightly News Devolved](https://aknextphase.com/nightly-news-devolved/) - Walter Cronkite would roll over in his grave if he could see how the nightly news has devolved John Chancellor would rail against the lack of news objectivity.
- [Performance Review Skew](https://aknextphase.com/performance-review-skew/) - If this topic were simple there wouldn't be 1,810,000 results on Google when you type in “performance review.” Most turn a simple concept into a painful process
- [Life Hacks](https://aknextphase.com/life-hacks/) - Life hacks links and videos were popping up in my Pinterest and Facebook feeds on a regular basis and I worked hard at ignoring them. A few months ago I caved.
- [Good Job / Bad Job / Dream Job](https://aknextphase.com/good-job-bad-job-dream-job/) - If you could design your dream job, what would it look like? If you could imagine the worst job you could have, what would it include?
- [The Great Pumpkin](https://aknextphase.com/the-great-pumpkin/) - Strange though it may seem I only cook with pumpkin from September through December. These are the months that speak pumpkin and I make the most of them.
- [When Cultural Differences Become Obstacles](https://aknextphase.com/cultural-differences/) - In 2013 I wrote on sensitivity to cultural differences and how it may not work both ways. Israelis behave even more directly and and intensely than Americans.
- [My Personal Robot Wish List: 6 Ideas](https://aknextphase.com/personal-robots-wish-list-6-ideas/) - I have a mental wishlist of automation devices I would like to have for my own use. Some are robots, some are appliances, some are drones.
- [Where IT and Engineering Fit Among the Best-Paying Jobs](https://aknextphase.com/where-it-and-engineering-fit-among-the-best-paying-jobs/) - CareerCast now tells us the bottom line for jobs in IT and Engineering. Then Mic.com puts the information in context with all other jobs in the U.S.
- [2018: Let's Get It Started!](https://aknextphase.com/2018-lets-get-started-change/) - Ready or not, 2018 has arrived. We’ve got work to do, and there’s no better time than right now to become the change we need to see in our world.
- [The Things We Leave Behind](https://aknextphase.com/things-leave-behind/) - But the reality is most of our things are not moving with us. Sorting through a lifetime of memories I am learning to say good-bye to the things I leave behind.
- [Gum Graft Makes Grim News](https://aknextphase.com/gum-graft-makes-grim-news/) - I don’t respond well to hearing that I need another procedure, especially one that’s painful and expensive, like a gum graft.
- [Roundup of October 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-october-2019-posts/) - In the meantime, here’s a roundup of October 2019 posts The Next Phase Blog writing team has published in the last month.
- [Roundup of May 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-may-2020-posts/) - Here’s the monthly roundup of May 2020 posts:
- [Roundup of 2025 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-2025-posts/) - This year, I changed my blogging rules so the 2025 Posts include my opinions about our government and how it’s working—or not. I had a good reason,
- [Can You Sue a Hospital for a Wrong Diagnosis?](https://aknextphase.com/can-you-sue-a-hospital-for-a-wrong-diagnosis/) - Can you sue a hospital for a wrong diagnosis? In a word, yes, but the answer to this question is actually very complex and depends on a variety of factors,
- [Buyer's Remorse: Part 3](https://aknextphase.com/buyers-remorse-3/) - Accordingly, I have an update to two of 2024’s posts before getting to the bi-monthly roundup next week. It has to do with two posts I wrote on Buyer’s Remorse.
- [Robots and Creative Destruction](https://aknextphase.com/robots-creative-destruction/) - I can’t keep up with the new robots that do the work of humans. Some of these machines do heavy lifting but many will replace most of the humans altogether.
- [The Boston Athenaeum's Fascinating First Floor](https://aknextphase.com/boston-athenaeums-fascinating-first-floor/) - I thought the Boston Athenaeum was all private all the time but I was wrong. When I heard the first floor was open to the public I decided to visit.
- [Role Reversal: Caring for an Elderly Parent](https://aknextphase.com/role-reversal-caring-elderly-parent/) - Becoming caregiver to an elderly parent is a role reversal only in the sense that it is compassion and repayment for the parental care they provided to you.
- [Fighting for a Breast Cancer Cure](https://aknextphase.com/fighting-for-a-breast-cancer-cure/) - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I am using this week’s blog post to give a shout out to all the men and women standing up to cancer.
- [The Leftover Queen Does "Chopped"](https://aknextphase.com/leftover-queen-chopped/) - It struck me that I was in my own episode of Chopped but without other contestants and the judges. (Also without the $10,000 prize money.)
- [The Oligarchs' Four Choices](https://aknextphase.com/oligarchs-four-choices/) - So, where do we go from here? Buckle up. The turbulence is about to get worse and only the oligarchs who run America can make it stop before 2028.
- [Do We Need Mandatory National Service?](https://aknextphase.com/mandatory-national-service/) - I propose a two-year period of mandatory national service that can support a number of causes. Young people could choose among organizations and services.
- [The Frog Pond's Whimsical Frogs](https://aknextphase.com/frog-ponds-whimsical-frogs/) - Boston’s Frog Pond started out fed by a natural spring where cows drank and boys hunted frogs. The frogs around the pond now are all sculptural .
- [Digital Footprints](https://aknextphase.com/digital-footprints/) - The Internet is a public place and each time you visit you leave digital footprints behind. Your online activities contribute to your public profile.
- [Wrong Train, Right Destination](https://aknextphase.com/detour-wong-train-right-destination/) - You might find yourself on the wrong train but it can still take you to the right destination; just not the one you (or the Universe) had in mind.
- [The Province House Steps Connect 3 Centuries](https://aknextphase.com/province-house-steps-connect-3-centuries/) - The Province House Steps, on Province Street in Boston's Downtown Crossing neighborhood, appear as unobtrusive granite stairs leading up to Bosworth Street.
- [Pedophiles Hiding in Plain Sight](https://aknextphase.com/pedophiles-hiding/) - Thus, we find ourselves mesmerized by the glaring spotlight on pedophiles in the United States. We are learning many awful things for the first time:
- [Being Mortal](https://aknextphase.com/being-mortal/) - Acknowledging the difficulty of the subject, they suggested I read Being Mortal, by Dr. Atul Gawande. It’s a book about dying, but doing it on your own terms.
- [Enjoying the Israeli Kitchen](https://aknextphase.com/enjoying-israeli-kitchen/) - Food from the Israeli kitchen is an amalgamation of color, taste, and history. It has been strongly influenced by nearby geographic regions.
- [Going to the Next Place](https://aknextphase.com/going-to-the-next-place/) - There is no better place for our loved ones than to be here with us. I tell her we must give him permission to go to The Next Place.
- [Baking for Friends and Neighbors](https://aknextphase.com/baking-friends-neighbors/) - I get recipes from a lot of sources but for baking I rely on King Arthur Flour and Yankee Magazine, with some contributions from Epicurious.
- [Lydia Maria Child and the Thanksgiving Song](https://aknextphase.com/lydia-maria-child-thanksgiving-song/) - It began when Lydia Maria Child wrote a poem entitled “The New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving,” published in in her book of poems, Flowers for Children.
- [Social Media Etiquette: Manners Matter](https://aknextphase.com/social-media-etiquette-manners-matter/) - Social media is public and visible. It may seem informal, but if you wouldn’t say it face-to-face in a social or work setting, don’t say it online.
- [Revisiting Copp's Hill Burying Ground](https://aknextphase.com/revisiting-copps-hill-burying-ground/) - The Copp’s Hill Burying Ground, located in Boston’s North End, was established in February of 1659 as the second cemetery in Boston.
- [Commercials Revive Four Retro Rock Tunes](https://aknextphase.com/commercials-retro-rock/) - I have noticed a recent trend in music for commercials and it’s retro rock. Here are four commercials that currently use oldies rock tunes.
- [Colds, Cardboard and Losing Weight](https://aknextphase.com/csrdboard-losing-weight/) - Would the physiological effect of sugar on the body overwhelm the mind’s disinterest in soft comforting cardboard? When taste returned, so would the craving.
- [The National Gallery: Our Nation's Treasures](https://aknextphase.com/national-gallery-national-treasures/) - The next day, a cold and rainy Saturday, we headed to The National Gallery of Art on the Mall, across from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
- [Girl Boss](https://aknextphase.com/girl-boss/) - Being a Girl Boss is very different than being a work boss, but they share common traits. Women in successful positions of any kind were Girl Bosses first.
- [Male Privilege in the Senate Pool](https://aknextphase.com/male-privilege-senate-pool/) - Here we have male privilege on full frontal view. This is men using their power and position to put themselves one up and women one down to reinforce power.
- [Resumes for The New World Order](https://aknextphase.com/resumes-new-world-order/) - Many job postings do not reflect real opportunities. They are fishing expeditions to collect resumes without any intent to hire.
- [Shorts and Sleeveless Dresses in Winter](https://aknextphase.com/shorts-sleeveless-dresses-winter/) - Shorts, tee shirts and flip-flops were the look from the warmth of Indian Summer all the way to hard frosts. The boys continued to wear shorts all winter.
- [Moving Dad: The Journey to Assisted Living](https://aknextphase.com/moving-dad-to-assisted-living/) - My husband and I have been in Maine all week, moving dad into an assisted living community. It has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do.
- [Coney Island Visions](https://aknextphase.com/coney-island-visions/) - “Oh, when the sun beats down and burns the tar up on the roof, And your shoes get so hot, you wish your tired feet were fireproof, Under the boardwalk, down by the sea, On a blanket with my baby is where I’ll be.” Coney Island: America's Playground Coney Island was America’s playground when Las
- [The Robot Chronicles Times Two](https://aknextphase.com/robot-chronicles-times-two/) - We have each written a series of blog posts, the Robot Chronicles, about the oncoming robot army along with its potential impact on the human work force.
- [People Don't Read](https://aknextphase.com/people-dont-read/) - Everything has a beginning, middle and end with no do-overs. When people don’t read the information I send they invariably make a mistake.
- [Not All Milk Does a Body Good](https://aknextphase.com/not-milk-body-good/) - I make no apologies for drinking cow’s milk from happy cows. I do prefer organic milk or milk without antibiotics or artificial growth hormones.
- [Roundup of February 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-february-2020-posts/) - I offer the monthly roundup of February 2020 Posts. Take a break from the pervasive bad news and expand your horizons with some new and different information.
- [Roundup of January 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-january-2020-posts/) - Here is the monthly roundup of January 2020 posts so you can catch up on (and share) any that you missed with all the big news going on. It’s a mixed bag.
- [In 2022: Do Better](https://aknextphase.com/2022-do-better/) - We all are wondering what 2022 has up her sleeve and none of us, including me, know the answer. But I do know this: All of us have the potential to do better.
- [Wheelchair at the Airport](https://aknextphase.com/wheelchair-airport/) - I learned the advantages of using a wheelchair and joked about doing it all the time. Here are advantages of using a wheelchair to get to your gate.
- [The Humble Cranberry at Thanksgiving](https://aknextphase.com/the-humble-cranberry-thanksgiving/) - Dollar for acre, cranberry bogs are among the most expensive farmland in the state and the humble cranberry is a big business.
- [The Face of the Homeless Veteran](https://aknextphase.com/face-homeless-veteran/) - On any given night at least 500,000 people are homeless and 40,000 of them are veterans. They are mostly returning male vets between 31 and 50.
- [Optimism, Pessimism and Robots](https://aknextphase.com/optimism-pessimism-robots/) - I am officially not the only person worried about the proliferation of robots and the automation of functions formerly performed by human beings.
- [Best Future Jobs and Most Endangered Jobs](https://aknextphase.com/best-future-jobs-most-endangered-jobs/) - Let’s see how the two reports compare and where to find the jobs that will last in 2017 and beyond. We’ll start with the bad news.
- [New Rules in the Workplace](https://aknextphase.com/new-rules-workplace/) - New rules in the workplace are here and they belong to the millennial generation. Ingeniously created, they combine bendable, risky and entrepreneurial.
- [The Charles Street Jail and the Liberty Hotel](https://aknextphase.com/charles-street-jail-liberty-hotel/) - The original Charles Street Jail was built from 1848 to 1851 from a design by architect Gridley J. F. Bryant with Rev. Louis Dwight, a noted prison reformer
- [Soldiers in American Cities](https://aknextphase.com/soldiers-in-american-cities/) - I snapped the photo because I found it alien to have armed soldiers patrolling the streets of a city not at war. And I was very careful not to alarm them.
- [The Way Things Used to Be](https://aknextphase.com/way-things-used-to-be/) - The frenetic pace of life demands so much of us and lately I've been thinking about the way things used to be. I grew up in simpler times.
- [The Ether Monument's Good Samaritan](https://aknextphase.com/ether-monument-good-samaritan/) - Located in the northwest quarter of the Public Garden, the Ether Monument reminds us of the first effective use of ether as medical anesthetic.
- [The Boston Medical Dispensary's Good Samaritan](https://aknextphase.com/boston-medical-dispensary-good-samaritan/) - You will have a difficult time finding our second Good Samaritan as he appears on a wall of the old Boston Medical Dispensary building at 29 Bennett Street.
- [Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Did They Come for You?](https://aknextphase.com/bad-boys-bad-boys-come/) - Two prominent, influential rich, white men were not fired because they behaved badly. These Fox News Bad Boys lost their positions because of the bottom line.
- [Sex, Lies, Social Media and the Fox News Dirty Duo](https://aknextphase.com/sex-lies-social-media-fox-news-dirty-duo/) - Setting their politics and mendacity aside, Mr. Ailes and Mr. O'Reilly stand out as the current Fox News poster boys for sexual harassment and intimidation.
- [Challenging News on the Human Resources Front](https://aknextphase.com/challenging-news-human-resources-front/) - The most pressing issues for the Human Resources Department are harassment, workplace violence, drug testing, medical marijuana and the Affordable Care Act.
- [Al Franken and Male Behavior](https://aknextphase.com/al-franken-male-behavior/) - The Al Franken on-camera transgression raises another issue, however: Whose norms have we been living with all these years? Answer (of course): male norms.
- [Wreaths Across America: A Volunteer Tribute](https://aknextphase.com/wreaths-across-america-volunteer-tribute/) - I will join Wreaths Across America and thousands of volunteers in Arlington National Cemetery to honor fallen soldiers by laying a wreath on each grave;
- [Has Social Media Killed Christmas Cards?](https://aknextphase.com/social-media-killed-christmas-cards/) - In a few more years, a new generation won’t know what Christmas cards were and, after an explanation, will think them a cute anachronism.
- [Privilege: Envy vs Complacency](https://aknextphase.com/privilege-envy-vs-complacency/) - For me, the essence of privilege is never having to think about how you are privileged. The rich take things for granted that worry or motivate the rest of us.
- [Building and Breaking a Corporate Culture](https://aknextphase.com/building-and-breaking-a-corporate-culture/) - Cracks in the corporate culture begin with small fissures that are reflected by subtle changes in attitude and productivity; often ignored by people at the top.
- [The Great Spring on Boston's Spring Lane](https://aknextphase.com/great-spring-bostons-spring-lane/) - Spring Lane is a dark crooked alley that connects Washington Street with Devonshire Street. Its narrow width is typical of old Boston’s streets, or lanes.
- [Wigglesworth Street on Mission Hill](https://aknextphase.com/wigglesworth-street-mission-hill/) - Wigglesworth Street is on Mission Hill, where it runs from Tremont Street to Huntington Avenue. The Harvard Medical School lies to the north.
- [Conversations With My Father: The Korean War](https://aknextphase.com/conversations-father-korean-war/) - On June 25th 1950, the Korean War began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th parallel.
- [The Amazing Belgian Frite](https://aknextphase.com/the-amazing-belgian-frite/) - A Belgian frite is unique and impossible to duplicate for the simple reason that the potatoes, cooking oil and seasonings are germane to the country.
- [That Little Old Wurst Maker, Me!](https://aknextphase.com/that-little-old-wurst-maker-me/) - In France, I went truffle hunting and ate a five-course lunch with truffles in every course. In Germany, I made wurst in the Regensburg Ratskeller.
- [68 River Locks: Budapest to Amsterdam](https://aknextphase.com/68-river-locks-budapest-amsterdam/) - It surprised me to discover that, because of the European Watershed, Viking Modi would pass through 68 river locks along the Grand European cruise.
- [Full-Time Jobs Beat the Gig Economy](https://aknextphase.com/full-time-jobs-beat-the-gig-economy/) - Maybe the gig economy works for people who want to put in just enough effort to finance a laid-back life style but serious workers prefer a good job and career.
- [Autumn and the Transition Kitchen](https://aknextphase.com/autumn-and-the-transition-kitchen/) - Autumn is here and I’m in the transition kitchen preparing things that reflect Indian Summer days and chilly nights. It’s time to warm ourselves with food.
- [Sexual Harassment's Great Wall of Silence](https://aknextphase.com/sexual-harassment-great-wall-of-silence/) - We are still swimming in the polluted pool of sexual harassment that opened when accusations against Harvey Weinstein went public for the first time.
- [Prince-Bishop's Residenz: The Tiepolo Ceiling](https://aknextphase.com/prince-bishop-residenz-tiepolo-ceiling/) - Nothing compares to the Prince-Bishop’s Residenz in Würzburg, Germany. This enormous palace contains many gorgeous rooms—and the astonishing Tiepolo ceiling.
- [Disaster Capitalism: Profiting from a Natural Disaster](https://aknextphase.com/disaster-capitalism-profiting-natural-disaster/) - When disaster strikes, it’s an invitation for Disaster Capitalism to make a killing on the catastrophe, exploiting people in need for financial gain.
- [How John Davis Skilton Saved the Tiepolo Ceilings](https://aknextphase.com/john-davis-skilton-saved-tiepolo-ceilings/) - The ceiling fresco painted over the Grand Staircase at the Prince-Bishop’s Residenz in Würzburg was painted by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.
- [You Can't Handle My Order!](https://aknextphase.com/cant-handle-my-order/) - I hope the person on the other side of the counter will listen attentively and handle my order correctly. More often than not, however, they don't.
- [Archaeology Month and the Arrowhead Surprise](https://aknextphase.com/archaeology-month-and-arrowhead-surprise/) - Not everyone finds archaeology or the history of New England’s first inhabitants interesting. If you do, the Archaeology Month web site has a list of events.
- [Donald Trump and Akhenaten](https://aknextphase.com/donald-trump-akhenaten/) - Akhenaten was a revolutionary pharaoh who introduced and enforced radical systemic changes. Unfortunately, those changes had no public support
- [Two Blueberry Cake Recipes](https://aknextphase.com/blueberry-cake-recipes/) - I made the Blueberry Bundt Cake for a party given by a friend, and the Blueberry Buttermilk Tea Cake for a meeting of my writing group the following day.
- [Why Street Harassment is Dangerous](https://aknextphase.com/street-harassment-dangerous/) - It’s a CNN interview by Fredericka Whitfield with a woman,comedian Amanda Seales, and author Steve Santagati, to get their perspectives on street harassment.
- [Gone Girl Gets Top Box Office](https://aknextphase.com/gone-girl-top-box-office/) - I have been struggling with the best way to write about Gone Girl that does not give away the plot for those who have not read the book. There are no surprises.
- [A Place Called Spindleworks](https://aknextphase.com/place-called-spindleworks/) - Spindleworks is an energetic, eclectic and creative sanctuary for adults with disabilities, expressing the world they see through their imaginative creations.
- [Tea vs Coffee: The Most Precious Ingredient](https://aknextphase.com/tea-vs-coffee-precious-ingredient/) - In most restaurants, the tea drinker is left to scrounge up as much of the precious hot water and hoarded tea bags as he or she can wangle from the server.
- [Mount Everest: Climbers in the Death Zone](https://aknextphase.com/mount-everest-climbers-in-death-zone/) - At this point, there’s no cachet to climbing Mount Everest. It has become just another item to cross off a rich man’s bucket list.
- [The Five-Second Rule](https://aknextphase.com/five-second-rule/) - The five-second rule applies to food dropped on the floor that, if picked up within five seconds or less, can be safely eaten.
- [Robots and the Economy](https://aknextphase.com/robot-economy/) - Production is only part of the supply-and demand equation. Supply doesn't matter if there’s no demand. And robots don’t buy anything.
- [St. Vincent's Veteran Curmudgeon](https://aknextphase.com/st-vincents-veteran-curmudgeon/) - While a lot of dreck often fills movie theaters in shoulder seasons, if you choose carefully, you can find little gems. St. Vincent is one of those gifts.
- [Celebrity Highjinks vs Rapists and Abusers](https://aknextphase.com/celebrity-highjinks-rapists-abusers/) - Celebrity highjinks simply don’t warrant outrage or obsession. They are just rich and famous people behaving (1) badly, (2) deliberately, (3) stupidly,
- [Writing Tips for Finding Your Creative Place](https://aknextphase.com/finding-your-creative-place/) - Here are writing tips that will help you to find your creative place, get started writing, and keep going. They might help other writers who struggle.
- [Not All Jobs Are Created Equal](https://aknextphase.com/not-all-jobs-are-created-equal/) - This assumes that a plethora of jobless workers desperate to do anything for any wage creates jobs. It also means that, to the editors, a job is a job is a job.
- [Your Dream Job](https://aknextphase.com/your-dream-job/) - Describe what you love to do and you are on your way to defining your dream job; then look for companies that feel like a good place to spend 50 hours a week.
- [A Dose of Online Writer's Block](https://aknextphase.com/online-writers-block/) - I didn't have writer’s block, I was blocked from writing. It felt like a free-flowing stream had been dammed up and was putting a lot of pressure on a dam.
- [Creating Possibilities](https://aknextphase.com/creating-possibilities/) - Possibilities are within everyone’s reach, dictated by choices we make and directions we choose. The opportunities that exist are defined by our beliefs
- [Finding Silence in a Noisy World](https://aknextphase.com/finding-silence-noisy-world/) - Making space for silence is a decision that will focus your mind, reduce your stress and re-energize you physically and mentally.
- [Invasion of the Text Enhance Adware](https://aknextphase.com/invasion-of-text-enhance-adware/) - This is a form of adware called Text Enhance and it rides onto your computer when you open a program that it's connected to. I wasn't even aware of it.
- [March is the Hardest Month](https://aknextphase.com/march-is-the-hardest-month/) - No doubt about it, March is the hardest—and some say cruelest—month. It is gray and depressing. Not quite winter, not quite spring. We toggle between them.
- [Why Trump Insults Female Reporters](https://aknextphase.com/trump-insults-female-reporters/) - Why does the current President insult women reporters who ask him difficult questions? Why does he insult only female reporters?
- [The Long Road to Assisted Living](https://aknextphase.com/long-road-to-assisted-living/) - The elephant in the room—this thing we are struggling to acknowledge and accept—is the need to transition Dad into assisted living.
- [Parental Care: Crossing the Invisible Line](https://aknextphase.com/parental-care-invisible-line/) - The most difficult thing about the parental care line is that it's best seen in the rear-view mirror. Adult children think they can see it coming but don't.
- [Give Bees a Chance](https://aknextphase.com/give-bees-a-chance/) - Honey, although delicious, is the smallest of the bees’ services. Their greatest contribution is pollination. Without bees most of life would simply die out.
- [Culottes and Basketball](https://aknextphase.com/culottes-basketball/) - Over the years, as players have grown taller, basketball shorts have grown longer, turning into what can only be described as culottes that reach the knee.
- [The Message in Frozen Isn't Hidden](https://aknextphase.com/message-in-frozen-isnt-hidden/) - One of the memes I see popping up on Facebook is the exploration of hidden messages in the Disney movie Frozen. I thought the message in Frozen isn't hidden.
- [The Grand Budapest Hotel: Quirky but Good](https://aknextphase.com/grand-budapest-hotel/) - I’m happy to report that The Grand Budapest Hotel is quirky in a good way, charming most of the time, funnier than I anticipated, and completely engaging.
- [The Chester Harding House on Beacon Street](https://aknextphase.com/chester-harding-house-beacon-street/) - Chester Harding spent six years in Boston where leaders called him “an untaught primitive from the frontier” and received more commissions than he could handle.
- [Age is Just a Number](https://aknextphase.com/age-just-number/) - We will all age in body; but growing old in mind and spirit is not mandated by the passing of a year. Getting old is a fact of life; being old has some leeway.
- [Nor'Easter Winds and Power-Line Roulette](https://aknextphase.com/noreaster-winds-and-power-line-roulette/) - The first nor’easter coincided with astronomical high tides and caused major flooding along the coast. The second dropped 14 inches of heavy snow inland.
- [The Gap Between Saying and Doing](https://aknextphase.com/the-gap-between-saying-and-doing/) - Saying yes is easy. Saying no is harder but in the end, it will help balance expectations on each side of the equation.
- [Issues and Questions: The Clock is Ticking](https://aknextphase.com/issues-and-questions-the-clock-is-ticking/) - These are questions about the national or global events that occupy our minds when we watch the news or hear people talking around us.
- [On My Mind:  May 2019](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-may-2019/) - This is where I am now: what's On My Mind May 2019. There is a lot I can’t process, and it’s weighing on my mind this last week of May.
- [The Power of Girlfriends](https://aknextphase.com/power-girlfriends/) - My girlfriends speak the same language I do. They are the mind readers and magicians who have walked me through hardships and celebrated my accomplishments.
- [Life 101, Lesson #11: Problem Solving](https://aknextphase.com/life-101-lesson-11-problem-solving/) - Problem solving is a critical part of the growth process that took place in college for my generation but seems to be happening later now.
- [Third Time Around, Iron Man is Sometimes Just an Empty Suit](https://aknextphase.com/third-time-around-iron-man-is-sometimes-just-an-empty-suit/) - OK, now we know that Iron Man 3 was financially successful and will be even more so by year’s end. How did it do with the critics?
- [The Teen Wing is a Prison](https://aknextphase.com/teen-wing-is-a-prison/) - Living in a teen wing, a safe and comfy cage, doesn't teach kids anything, which means they go out into the world older but not wiser.
- [Tide Pods Have Kids Foaming at the Mouth](https://aknextphase.com/tide-pods-kids-foaming-mouth/) - The effects of putting Tide Pods in your mouth and perhaps ingesting them accidentally, are pretty grave .You may soon be in the ER getting your stomach pumped.
- [The Many Homes of Nixon Black](https://aknextphase.com/many-homes-nixon-black/) - This fictionalized biography traces the life of George Nixon Black Jr. from his childhood in Maine to his adult life as a prominent, but reclusive, Bostonian.
- [The Power of Cell Phones to Change Minds](https://aknextphase.com/the-power-of-cell-phones-to-change-minds/) - Most of us hold these amazing compact computers called cell phones without understanding how quickly they are changing what we considers normal and acceptable.
- [Living While Black: Why Do Police Respond?](https://aknextphase.com/living-while-black-why-do-police-respond/) - There are three common factors in Living While Black: the callers are mostly white, mostly female, and typically angry. Don’t ask me to explain this.
- [Childproofing Your Home: Is It Really Necessary?](https://aknextphase.com/childproofing-your-home-is-it-really-necessary/) - As soon as baby starts to crawl or walk, parents rush to childproof the house or call in an expert. Parents spend an average of $442 on making their homes safe.
- [Best Engineering Jobs--Now and In the Future](https://aknextphase.com/best-engineering-jobs-now-future/) - All engineering jobs have positive growth rates. The CareerCast report shows that all of the 10 Best Jobs in Engineering rank in the top 72 overall.
- [Finalizing My Anatomical Gift](https://aknextphase.com/my-anatomical-gift/) - This is the season of giving and I am preparing a most significant package: my anatomical gift. I will donate my well-used body to others for their education.
- [The Angst of Moving](https://aknextphase.com/the-angst-of-moving/) - Moving is one of life’s major changes and stressors. The older and more settled you are, the more difficult it is. Each item tells a story.
- [Gun Owners: I Have Just One Question](https://aknextphase.com/gun-owners-just-one-question/) - After the latest school shooting in which 17 young people were deprived of their Constitutional right to life and liberty, I have a question for gun owners.
- [The Dominican Republic: Third World Revisited](https://aknextphase.com/the-dominican-republic-third-world-revisited/) - As I discovered more about the country and its people, the Dominican Republic redefined my concept of the third-world label and what it really means.
- [Self-Discipline and Meaningful Life Change](https://aknextphase.com/self-discipline-meaningful-life-change/) - We can’t solve another person’s self-discipline problems for them. We try to find ways to help people who lack the discipline to help themselves.
- [Meeting My Younger Self in High Heels](https://aknextphase.com/meeting-my-younger-self-in-high-heels/) - My younger self did not have the confidence most people that know me would agree I have now. High heels were empowering.
- [Is Mar-a-Lago Face Voluntary?](https://aknextphase.com/mar-a-lago-face/) - Although It’s described as Mar-a-Lago Face, it turns real women into real-life Barbie Dolls: stiff, overdone, and plastic.
- [Become an Organ Donor](https://aknextphase.com/become-organ-donor/) - Almost anyone can be an organ donor. Your age, medical history, religion and politics do not matter. The health of your organs is more important than your age.
- [Is Monopsony On the Way Out?](https://aknextphase.com/is-monopsony-on-the-way-out/) - Monopsony occurs when the economy has more workers than jobs for them to fill. This gives the employers leverage, which they use to depress wages and benefits
- [It's Time to Close the Gender Pay Gap](https://aknextphase.com/time-to-close-the-gender-pay-gap/) - Women bear the brunt of the gender pay gap, suffering from pay inequality, occupational exclusion and limited promotional and leadership opportunities.
- [Answers to the Most Important Questions About Alzheimer's](https://aknextphase.com/answers-to-the-most-important-questions-about-alzheimers-2/) - The effects of Alzheimer's Disease and dementia are an ever-growing concern for the aging, for caregivers of older parents, and for the medical profession.
- [A New Boy Scouts of America?](https://aknextphase.com/a-new-boy-scouts-of-america/) - The Boy Scouts of America will no longer have a program called the Boy Scouts, because it's no longer just for boys. Yes, girls can now join the BSA.
- [The Disturbing Trend of Suicide](https://aknextphase.com/the-disturbing-trend-of-suicide/) - In young people between the ages of 10 and 24 suicide is the third leading cause of death. This is a disturbing trend that has become a public health crisis.
- [You're On! The Highs and the Lows of a Job Search](https://aknextphase.com/youre-on-the-highs-and-the-lows-of-a-job-search/) - People hire people and especially people they know. Getting out and about in a job search is essential to finding a new position.
- [Dates, Stories and Scrabble Words: The Boston by Foot Final Exam](https://aknextphase.com/dates-stories-and-scrabble-words-the-boston-by-foot-final-exam/) - The final exam for my Boston by Foot docent training is coming up on Saturday morning and I’m cramming everything I can into my head.
- [Blogger Validation](https://aknextphase.com/blogger-validation/) - The Next Phase Blog doesn't get millions of page views but it is doing okay and our readership increases. Our blogger validation has been increasing lately.
- [Review of Five Pre-Holiday Movies](https://aknextphase.com/review-5-pre-holiday-movies/) - My husband and I have seen fewer films this fall but here are five pre-holiday movies in order of how well we liked them:
- [Leaders or Followers?](https://aknextphase.com/leaders-or-followers/) - Followers are gold. They are the backbone of any corporation. And we ignore them. Why? Well, they’re not glamorous and Great Leaders don’t want to emulate them.
- [The Zen of Baking Bread](https://aknextphase.com/the-zen-of-baking-bread/) - Making bread keeps me connected to them and to myself. It’s therapy, with delicious rewards. It’s the Zen of Bread Baking.
- [Too Many Charities for Senior Citizens](https://aknextphase.com/too-many-charities-for-senior-citizens/) - How do you know which charities actually put the money they raise to good use and which spend donations largely on themselves? Check them on these two sites:
- [An Unusual Woodland Discovery](https://aknextphase.com/unusual-woodland-discovery/) - I went onto the rough of the golf course next door in search of a white pine sapling. I didn’t have to look long—hundreds of them spike the woodland floor.
- [Hackers: The New Big Brother](https://aknextphase.com/hackers-new-big-brother/) - hackers are also connected to the internet and their main purpose is to gain access to information you do not want them to have.
- [Three Spins on the Artificial Intelligence Hype](https://aknextphase.com/three-spins-artificial-intelligence-hype/) - It took me about 10 minutes to come up with a few ways in which robots and artificial intelligence could enhance the human experience instead of replacing it.
- [The Eco-Friendly Debate Debunked](https://aknextphase.com/the-eco-friendly-debate-debunked/) - What does it mean to be eco-friendly? It sounds nice, but it does not delineate the terms. How will it be eco-friendly; how will it be Non-GMO?
- [Graduation Lessons](https://aknextphase.com/graduation-lessons/) - It’s graduation time. The Caron family is having a lull this year because nobody is graduating -- none of our children is exiting the halls of higher learning
- [Words Mean What They Mean](https://aknextphase.com/words-mean/) - Sometimes I hear people speak,and I have to perform simultaneous translation from the English words they are actually using to the words they should be using.
- [Riddick: Furious Furyan and Faithful Fido Fight Foes](https://aknextphase.com/riddick-furious-furyan-faithful-fido/) - If you like science fiction action movies—if you enjoyed Pitch Black—I recommend Riddick. If you don’t like this kind of movie, you won’t see it anyway.
- [The Desolation of Smaug is a Celebration for Viewers](https://aknextphase.com/the-desolation-of-smaug-is-a-celebration-for-viewers/) - A lot of the fast-action escapes and battle scenes in “The Desolation of Smaug” didn't really engage me. I watched them but I didn't lean forward in my seat.
- [Saving Mr. Banks: The Illusion of Normality](https://aknextphase.com/saving-mr-banks-assuming-normality/) - Saving Mr. Banks could so easily have been a saccharine feel-good flick with all the depth and intellectual impact of It’s a Small World.
- [Godzilla Syndrome on the West Coast](https://aknextphase.com/godzilla-syndrome-on-the-west-coast/) - Japan created the original Godzilla in 1954 from fear of radiation that resulted from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States.
- [Lone Survivor in the Graveyard of Empires](https://aknextphase.com/lone-survivor-graveyard-of-empires/) - Lone Survivor, based on the book by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson, is a gripping movie about how a Navy SEAL team mission went wrong in Afghanistan.
- [A Rash and Lyme Disease](https://aknextphase.com/rash-lyme-disease/) - the doctor took one look at the rash and exclaimed, “Whoa, that’s a Lyme rash!” He looked closer and added, “That’s a classic Lyme rash.”
- [Mud on the Run and Free-range Children](https://aknextphase.com/mud-free-range-children/) - This weekend we saw Mud, a charming and engrossing movie set in current-day Arkansas. It’s a coming-of-age film about two 14-year old-boys who encounter an enigmatic loner named Mud. He needs their help to reconnect with his childhood sweetheart because he can’t leave his solitary camp on a river island for dark reasons that soon
- [The Lone Ranger: Breathing Your Own Exhaust in La-La Land](https://aknextphase.com/lone-ranger-breathing-your-own-exhaust/) - Jerry Bruckeimer thinks the critics will re-review The Lone Ranger in a few years and “find that they made a mistake.” Umm, no.
- [Elysium: The One Percent In Orbit](https://aknextphase.com/elysium-one-percent-orbit/) - Elysium had a biting commentary on the One Percent leaving earth for wheel-in-the-sky space luxury while the masses swelter and suffer on a dystopian earth.
- [New Year, New Initiatives](https://aknextphase.com/new-year-new-initiatives/) - This New Year, to keep moving on my goal of trying new things and looking forward, I am being creative. This isn’t a brand new initiative:
- [Cookie Recovery – What to Do When You Mess Up the Recipe](https://aknextphase.com/cookie-recovery-what-to-do-when-you-mess-up-the-recipe/) - First I scraped the melted mess off the cookie sheets. Then I added approximately the right proportion of the dry ingredients to what was left in the bowl
- [Valerian and the Dark Tower](https://aknextphase.com/valerian-dark-tower/) - Both The Dark Tower and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets had possibilities but they went in very different directions. And not for the better.
- [Leave No Trace and Raising Kids Off the Grid](https://aknextphase.com/leave-no-trace-and-raising-kids-off-the-grid/) - Winter’s Bone never got the visibility or the box office that it deserved and I’m sorry to see that Leave No Trace is following the same path.
- [College and Speech Patterns](https://aknextphase.com/college-speech-patterns/) - If going to college just doesn’t fit into your life choices, here are two suggestions that might help you in the long run.
- [A Month of Wonder at the Cineplex](https://aknextphase.com/month-wonder-cineplex/) - Studios often release two movies on the same subject at the same time but this month, for some reason, we have three movies with Wonder in the title.
- [Hostiles: A Western with a Difference](https://aknextphase.com/hostiles-a-western-with-a-difference/) - While not a great movie, Hostiles is a great Western in the tradition of Shane, High Noon, Unforgiven and Open Range. It engages both mind and emotions.
- [Black Panther Shatters the Superhero Mold](https://aknextphase.com/black-panther-breaks-superhero-mold/) - Black Panther was great for a lot of reasons that have to do with breaking the mold that Hollywood has created for superhero movies.
- [Mortal Engines: a Grand Disappointment](https://aknextphase.com/mortal-engines-grand-disappointment/) - The movie I have been looking forward to seeing, the movie for which I had such high hopes—is turning out to be a dud, a Grand Disappointment
- [Lucy: Your Brain on Movies](https://aknextphase.com/lucy-brain-movie/) - The Lucy movie is a film about a woman who, forced to become a drug mule, is contaminated by the drug and gains super intelligence as a result.
- [Captain America: Death and Destruction on a Super Scale](https://aknextphase.com/captain-america-death-destruction-super-scale/) - I guess that I ‘m still burned out on superhero movies because last weekend we saw Captain America: The Winter Soldier and I was bored.
- [Ender’s Game: Darth Vader at Hogwarts](https://aknextphase.com/enders-game-darth-vader-at-hogwarts/) - I am pleased to relate that the movie version of Ender’s Game is a significant improvement on the 1985 novel by Orson Scott Card but I was never a big fan.
- [Facebook: Falling and Failing](https://aknextphase.com/facebook-falling-and-failing/) - Users are stepping back from privacy-invasive platforms and Facebook is among the first to be kicked aside, falling out of favor, especially with Millennials.
- [My Sister's Bucket List](https://aknextphase.com/my-sisters-bucket-list/) - We sit down together and talk about what she wants to do. We write down her hopes and dreams and I promise her a bucket list of joy.
- [Aquaman: High Tide at the Box Office](https://aknextphase.com/aquaman-high-tide-box-office/) - After watching Aquaman, you may leave with pruney fingers and a sense of Deja vu, but I have no doubt that Aquaman will be among the Oscar contenders.
- [Florida's Red-Light Challenge](https://aknextphase.com/floridas-red-light-challenge/) - Red-light running is dangerous, yet Florida drivers do it all the time. It is a leading cause of car accidents, fatalities, and personal injuries every year.
- [Roundup of November 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-november-2020-posts/) - Between the holiday and family, Susanne and I wrote fewer posts than usual in November. Still, here’s the monthly roundup of November 2020 posts for you.
- [Roundup of December 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-december-2020-posts/) - If you’re one of the employees who got Zoomed-out during their work day, here’s your chance to catch up with our roundup of December 2020 posts.
- [The Family You Work With](https://aknextphase.com/the-family-you-work-with/) - We have the family we’re born with and family we get to choose, but what about the family we work with? In a way, we get to choose them, too.
- [The DeMoulas Family Feud](https://aknextphase.com/demoulas-family-feud/) - Today the Governor asked for a speedy resolution of the DeMoulas family feud to resolve a private matter that has publicly disrupted people’s livelihoods.
- [We Are Family](https://aknextphase.com/we-are-family/) - So how does an unlikely group of girls like us become not only friends, but sisters of the heart? We begin where our journey began, with the word acceptance.
- [Why Were Children at Mar-a-Lago?](https://aknextphase.com/children-mar-a-lago/) - Now let’s put on our common-sense hats and ask why those children were employed at Mar-a-Lago in the first place. And what they were doing there?
- [Pandemic Diary: We're Not All In This Together](https://aknextphase.com/pandemic-diary-were-not-all-in-this-together/) - You have all seen them: the memes and posts that say “We’re all in this together.” But, are we really? Many thought this pandemic would bring us together.
- [The Niles Building: Hub of a Financial Scandal](https://aknextphase.com/the-niles-building-hub-of-a-financial-scandal/) - The Niles Building on Boston’s School Street has a shadowed history. This unassuming structure once stood in the middle of a 20th Century financial scandal.
- [Mount Everest: Not Everything That Goes Up Comes Down](https://aknextphase.com/mount-everest-not-everything-comes-down/) - Mount Everest averages 150,000 visitors every year, with hundreds attempting to climb the mountain at a cost that can exceed $100,000.
- [Climate Grief and Eco Anxiety](https://aknextphase.com/climate-grief-and-eco-anxiety/) - Eco-anxiety is a more specific worry that reflects the emotional toll of ongoing environmental loss and the frustration of being unable to curb it.
- [Dying Without a Will: A Lesson from the Queen of Soul](https://aknextphase.com/dying-without-will-lesson-queen-of-soul/) - The most important advantage of an estate plan with a will is that you have complete control over the disposition of everything you own.
- [Roundup of August 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-august-2020-posts/) - Before going into the monthly roundup of August 202 posts, I'm going to follow up on three of my previous posts: bunnies, estate sales, and vaccine.
- [3 Real Garden Fairies](https://aknextphase.com/3-real-garden-fairies/) - While I have never seen a garden fairy, when I sit on my deck and look at the perennial garden in summer I see three different magical creatures all the time.
- [Notes on My Summer Garden](https://aknextphase.com/notes-on-my-summer-garden/) - First of seven things my perennial garden taught me is patience. Sometimes it takes a while to get your summer garden the way you want it to look.
- [The Donut and the Hole](https://aknextphase.com/the-donut-and-the-hole/) - The donut symbolizes the sweetness of our lives; gifts and blessings so obvious we forget they are ours, even though we are encircled by their light and beauty.
- [The Importance of Snacks, Lunch and Recess](https://aknextphase.com/the-importance-of-snacks-lunch-and-recess/) - Life is a balancing act. Celebrities and psychologists have written books about how to achieve balance. Even grown-ups need snacks, lunch breaks and recess.
- [The Importance of Belonging](https://aknextphase.com/the-importance-of-belonging/) - Humans need a sense of belonging. It’s important to feel we belong somewhere, to someone, in some place; part of something bigger than we are.
- [Life Hacks: Getting Organized After a Move](https://aknextphase.com/life-hacks-getting-organized-after-a-move/) - Life hacks are tips, tricks and shortcuts for getting organized that increase our productivity and efficiency and who doesn’t want more of that?
- [Now is the Spring of Our Re-Emergence](https://aknextphase.com/now-is-spring-of-our-re-emergence/) - Spring has finally arrived in New England, bringing sunshine, warm air, daffodils and vaccinations. All of them combine to make us feel that life is returning.
- [You Can Choose to Be a Reckless Space Pirate](https://aknextphase.com/you-can-choose-to-be-a-reckless-space-pirate/) - In the Reckless Space Pirate game, you have been kidnapped by space pirates on their way to a forbidden planet. Will you join them and plunder an alien colony?
- [Space Junk: An Orbital Trash Dump](https://aknextphase.com/space-junk-orbital-trash-dump/) - Planet Earth is currently surrounded by millions of pieces of “space junk.” These range in size from tiny paint flecks to massive booster rockets.
- [Boston's Not-So-Public Spaces](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-not-public-spaces/) - The City of Boston works with private developers to create public spaces in the projects they build. This is part of a long tradition, called linkage grants,
- [When Friendships Come to An End](https://aknextphase.com/when-friendships-come-to-an-end/) - A Brigham Young Univ. report offers statistical research that shows people with strong friendships live 7.5 years longer than those with narrow social networks.
- [2019: The Turning Point for Consumer Plastic?](https://aknextphase.com/2019-turning-point-consumer-plastic/) - Manufacturers have found consumer plastic a win-win because they could reap the benefits while bearing none of the disposal cost.
- [Retirement: When You Stop Being an Employee](https://aknextphase.com/retirement-stop-being-employee/) - Retirement comes with a reminder that only you can make that time—no one else will do that for you. It comes with a mix of excitement and bittersweet farewell.
- [The Two Faces of Social Media](https://aknextphase.com/two-faces-social-media/) - Social media is the tool of choice for raising awareness, debate and dissent, challenging political power structures, organizing protests; and, throwing shade.
- [That Doggy in the Shelter Window](https://aknextphase.com/that-doggy-in-the-shelter-window/) - By adopting a shelter animal, you have not supported the puppy mill industry. Every community has pets needing homes; they’re just waiting for adoption.
- [Aging Gracefully: One Woman's Perspective](https://aknextphase.com/aging-gracefully-one-womans-perspective/) - Aging is inevitable, but I don’t want to become old the way some people do. I want to remain curious and involved, entering each day with a sense of adventure.
- [An Open Letter to My Facebook Friends](https://aknextphase.com/dear-facebook-friends-lets-take-politics-off-facebook/) - Democracy and freedom of speech are the core of our country and I stand by them, but please don’t use Facebook to push your political and religious platforms.
- [Service Dogs Change Lives](https://aknextphase.com/service-dogs-change-lives/) - When service dogs are ready for placement the sponsoring organization uses extensive personality tests to match dogs with handlers.
- [Companies Act to Prevent Plastic Pollution](https://aknextphase.com/companies-act-prevent-plastic-pollution/) - Some companies are eliminating the plastic they use for packaging to keep plastic pollution out of the waste stream right at the beginning.
- [Fact Checking and Counterfeit Information](https://aknextphase.com/fact-checking-and-counterfeit-information/) - Fact Checking is more important than ever when making judgments and decisions about the world. It begins with good research skills, and an eye for details
- [Reference Checking: To Automate or Not](https://aknextphase.com/reference-checking-automate-or-not/) - Still, I can see where reference checking software would add value to the hiring process. All information is helpful when you’re evaluating an unknown.
- [Sexual Harassment: Here We Go Again](https://aknextphase.com/sexual-harassment-here-we-go-again/) - Yet another powerful man stands accused of sexual harassment, abusing women in a variety of intimidating and deeply creepy ways.
- [What Are Men Learning About Sexual Assault?](https://aknextphase.com/what-are-men-learning-about-sexual-assault/) - If you suspect you have been skirting the edge of sexual assault and acceptable behavior on the job or on the street, clean up your act.
- [Vermeer and Friends at the National Gallery](https://aknextphase.com/vermeer-friends-national-gallery/) - Yesterday we saw “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry” that runs until February at the National Gallery in Washington D.C.
- [The Euphemisms that Diminish Sexual Assault](https://aknextphase.com/the-euphemisms-that-diminish-sexual-assault/) - When it comes to sexual assault and harassment, the news media seem to have trouble finding words strong enough to describe what’s actually going on.
- [Cold War Part 2 Rears Its Head](https://aknextphase.com/cold-war-part-2-rears-head/) - That this entry ramp to another cold war has come to pass during just the last year, and not during the previous eight, should not escape your notice.
- [The Importance of Replacing Your Work Community](https://aknextphase.com/importance-of-replacing-your-work-community/) - A work community comes to us fully formed. We join, we fit in, we leave, without creating the structure of work. Retirement is a whole different kettle of fish.
- [Roundup of April 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-april-2019-posts/) - While you’re sitting down, here’s the monthly roundup of April 2019 posts. Suze and I explored our usual range of topics and offered our considered opinions.
- [Black Flies: Springtime's Outdoor Nuisance](https://aknextphase.com/black-flies-springtimes-outdoor-nuisance/) - I went out during the afternoon to work in my perennial border, which is in full sun. I thought it was too bright to worry about black flies. I paid the price.
- [Coronavirus:  What You Need to Know](https://aknextphase.com/coronavirus-what-you-need-to-know/) - The CDC warns that people can die from coronavirus if they develop complications like respiratory failure or hypoxia, leading to pneumonia and myocarditis.
- [Finding a New Normal with Covid-19](https://aknextphase.com/finding-a-new-normal-covid-19/) - Welcome to the new normal of COVID-19. This virus is impacting our economy, along with the way we work, learn and communicate.
- [Roundup of June 2020 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-june-2020-posts/) - While we slip through this new version of summer, here’s a roundup of June 2020 posts to provide some summer diversion, food for thought, and inspiration.
- [Oscar Nominations 2015: White Men Rule](https://aknextphase.com/oscar-nominations-2015/) - Yesterday the Oscar nominations were announced for this year’s Academy Awards. These honors combine with all the New Year’s lists of 10 Best Movies of 2014.
- [Is Forced Worship Legal?](https://aknextphase.com/is-forced-worship-legal/) - Forced worship: these are two words that I think should be an oxymoron. Of all the forms of workplace discrimination, this one seems the most “out there.”
- [The Net Neutrality Debate](https://aknextphase.com/net-neutrality-debate/) - Net Neutrality is the internet’s guiding principle, preserving our right to communicate freely online. The Internet must remain an open and accessible resource.
- [The Price of Peace](https://aknextphase.com/the-price-of-peace/) - Peace should never be taken for granted. The price of peace under this president can only be devastation. It will mean the loss of lives, buildings, and hope.
- [On My Mind: December 2018](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-december-2018/) - It’s time to take a hard look at where we are and ask; “America, where do we go from here?” December finds me with a lot on my mind.
- [Pathways in Mindfulness Meditation](https://aknextphase.com/mindfulness-meditation/) - My friend wanted to bring the mindfulness modality to our Unitarian Church, and I wanted to experience both it and meditating in a group.
- [Racism in Politics and Society](https://aknextphase.com/racism-in-politics-and-society/) - But wait, there is more on racism in politics and society. These folks use Mr. Trump as a surrogate. Someone who can say words others are afraid to speak.
- [Robots Are the Fourth Wave](https://aknextphase.com/robots-fourth-wave/) - Now several industries are rushing to move jobs to robots. Each wave affects employees, usually not for the better, The next group feels the pain and so on.
- [Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of Egomation](https://aknextphase.com/artificial-intelligence-rise-of-egomation/) - This trend assumes that computers, programs, algorithms and artificial intelligence will make better decisions than human beings now do.
- [Are Elites Made or Born?](https://aknextphase.com/are-elites-made-or-born/) - The original elites got where they are the old-fashioned way: they were born into it. That’s not to say that they did not work hard; they just didn't have to.
- [Job Search: New Rules for Salary Discussion](https://aknextphase.com/job-search-new-rules-salary-discussion/) - A job search always involves a salary discussion and the important thing is to be in control of it. Your current salary is none of their business.
- [Where is the First Lady?](https://aknextphase.com/where-is-first-lady/) - The First Lady has made fewer than 14 days of public appearances since January 2025 and has been present at the White House for fewer than two weeks total.
- [The Kardashian Factor and Tabloid Journalism](https://aknextphase.com/kardashian-factor-tabloid-journalism/) - Tabloid journalism has always been marked by the challenge of what defines the boundaries of acceptable journalistic and investigative behavior.
- [One Good Thing](https://aknextphase.com/one-good-thing/) - Being on the giving end of a good thing means we are also on the receiving end. Making others feel good makes us feel good.
- [Anna's Pocketbook](https://aknextphase.com/annas-pocketbook/) - Anna was as far removed from royalty as possible but she had two things in common with the Queen of England. She never wore pants and she carried a pocketbook
- [The Smartest Guy in the Room](https://aknextphase.com/smartest-guy-in-the-room/) - My personal vote for the individual to watch out for—the one who is most likely to send something off the rails—goes to the Smartest Guy in the Room. Whenever one of these characters walks in the door, I know we’re in trouble.
- [Women as Dysfunctional Characters](https://aknextphase.com/women-as-dysfunctional-characters/) - We have noticed a thread running through my book group's selections—which are made in turn by the members: women who are dysfunctional characters:
- [Savannah Trip Report](https://aknextphase.com/savannah-trip-report/) - My husband had always wanted to see Savannah and I had heard good things about the city so we flew down on Thursday for a long weekend that ended on Monday.
- [Office Etiquette](https://aknextphase.com/office-etiquette/) - Bad manners are bad for business. Basic rules of office etiquette seem like a no brainer but I’m not convinced everyone is on my page with this concept.
- [The Real Price of Thanksgiving Dinner](https://aknextphase.com/price-thanksgiving-dinner/) - I have been reading how the administration is bragging about the price of a Walmart Thanksgiving dinner package going down this year. You may have, too.
- [Boston Street Names: Who? What? Where?](https://aknextphase.com/boston-street-names-who-what-where/) - To kick that series on Boston street names off, here’s some background information. Boston streets have a bad reputation with jokes about cows.
- [I Have a Big Problem with "No Problem"](https://aknextphase.com/i-have-a-big-problem-with-no-problem/) - I don’t like “No problem,” however, because I always walk away wondering, “Does that mean if it was a problem you wouldn’t do it?”
- [Surfing the Artificial Intelligence Wave](https://aknextphase.com/surfing-the-artificial-intelligence-wave/) - A lot has been written about artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the business world. That also means its impact on the economy and our society.
- [The Pesky Subject-Verb Mismatch](https://aknextphase.com/the-pesky-subject-verb-mismatch/) - The object of a preposition is not the subject of the sentence--ever. And the verb matches the subject—always. Otherwise you have a subject-verb mismatch.
- [Choose a Career with the Best Job Prospects](https://aknextphase.com/choose-career-best-job-prospects/) - College students choose subjects to major in for a lot of reasons, not all of which have to do with job prospects after graduation:
- [Daylight-Saving Time: A Short Rant](https://aknextphase.com/daylight-saving-time-short-rant/) - Most people think Ben Franklin invented Daylight-Saving Time, but the real blames belongs to a New Zealand entomologist named George Hudson.
- [Invasion of the Covid-19 Body Snatcher](https://aknextphase.com/invasion-covid-19-body-snatcher/) - Of the many things the Covid-19 pandemic has taken from us, not least is our solidarity with fellow human beings. Now we look upon others as disease vectors.
- [The Selfie Phenomenon](https://aknextphase.com/the-selfie-phenomenon/) - A selfie is a self-portrait photograph, taken either with a camera held at arm’s length or in a mirror, and may include an entourage. It celebrates real people
- [Everything I Learned in College Was Outside the Classroom](https://aknextphase.com/everything-i-learned-in-college-was-outside-the-classroom/) - The two recent posts about college had me answering these two questions, “What did I really learn in college?” and “Was it worth the money?”
- [Biker Cat Meets Overbred Dogs](https://aknextphase.com/biker-cat-meets-overbred-dogs/) - These dogs once had a reason for being and purpose in life. They were bred to herd sheep, fight badgers, kill rats, control bulls, find birds, or rescue hikers.
- [Second Gurlitt Art Trove Recovered](https://aknextphase.com/second-gurlitt-art-trove-recovered/) - In November of 2013, Germany revealed the existence of 1,400 looted works of art, mostly on paper, that Cornelius Gurlitt had kept secret in his Munich home.
- [Managers Part 2 – The Good Guys](https://aknextphase.com/managers-part-2-the-good-manager/) - The qualities and characteristics of a good manager have adapted to the new world order of the work environment. How we lead still sets a good manager apart.
- [What Makes a Bad Manager: Another Perspective](https://aknextphase.com/what-makes-bad-manager/) - Just don’t let a bad manager destroy you. Whether you run, hide, fight back or shrug it off, remember that the problem lies with him, not with you.
- [Majoring in Life: College Experiences](https://aknextphase.com/majoring-in-life-college-experiences/) - My husband and I were talking about our college experiences last week and we agreed that, knowing what we know now, we would both have chosen different majors.
- [Things My Sister Taught Me](https://aknextphase.com/my-sister-at-spindleworks/) - Angela introduces me to things in ways only she can. I have much more to learn from her than she does from me. I am blessed to call her my sister and my friend.
- [Because I Said So](https://aknextphase.com/because-i-said-so/) - I swore when I had children I would never respond with “because I said so”. I would be the new age parent. I would have a rational discussion with my children
- [The Good Ol' Boy Culture in High Tech](https://aknextphase.com/good-ol-boy-culture-high-tech/) - The three evens deal with bullying, harassment and violence against women. Here’s a lineup that demonstrates how the Good Ol' Boy culture is alive and well:
- [The Three Envelopes](https://aknextphase.com/the-three-envelopes/) - The story of three envelopes is a business classic for dysfunctional organizations. There are multiple versions of the story but the lesson is always the same.
- [IKEA – Not My Cup of Lingonberry Tea](https://aknextphase.com/ikea-not-my-cup-of-lingonberry-tea/) - If you want to go to IKEA, go early in the morning or later in the evening. Do not arrive in the afternoon. When we left just after 4 PM, there was no line
- [Deaccessioning and the China Morgue](https://aknextphase.com/deaccessioning-china-morgue/) - As we get older, we move out of the acquisition phase of life and into what art museums call “de-accessioning.” That means getting rid of things.
- [Survival in the Wilderness](https://aknextphase.com/survival-in-the-wilderness/) - Readers of The Next Phase blog know that I am interested in the concept of survival. Why do some people walk out of a disaster while others give up and die?
- [Bad Managers Part 1 – Bad to the Bone](https://aknextphase.com/bad-manager/) - There are many traits attributed to a bad manager, but the overriding one is hubris. It is a bad omen. It is a harbinger of what lies ahead for everyone.
- [Officially Burned Out on Superheroes](https://aknextphase.com/burned-out-superheroes/) - OK, I am officially burned out on superheroes of any size, color, super-power, driving force, or mission. I don’t care what size, color, costume, or superpower.
- [Unemployment Over 50: A Summary of 7 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/unemployment-over-50-summary-of-7-posts/) - If you’re interested in this topic, here’s a summary of the posts on unemployment over 50 with links to each. I hope you enjoy all seven and find them helpful.
- [Homes Gone Wild, Part 2: The Cost of Stuckness](https://aknextphase.com/home-gone-wild-part-2/) - Just consider the true cost of being stuck in a home that is bigger than you can handle.You will need the money you get from selling it.
- [Mudville at the Movies](https://aknextphase.com/mudville-at-the-movies/) - For movie fans, spring is not a time of renewal or a season of optimism and anticipation. Spring is Mudville without the joy. Spring is Mudville at the movies.
- [“Now You See Me” & Sleight of Hand](https://aknextphase.com/now-you-see-me-sleight-of-hand/) - There are heist movies and there are magic movies. Now You See Me purports to bring these two genres together and actually succeeds but not as intended.
- [How To Protect Land with a Land Trust](https://aknextphase.com/how-to-protect-land-with-a-land-trust/) - A land trust is a 501 3c charitable trust that protects land from being developed in perpetuity. It can be farmed, used as pasture, or a woodlot or lie fallow.
- [Burning Man and the Presidential Portraits](https://aknextphase.com/burning-man-and-the-presidential-portraits/) - We saw the two newest presidential portraits to be installed, Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald and Barack Obama by Kehinde Wylie.
- [Avengers: Infinity War -- Back to Bosworth Field](https://aknextphase.com/avengers-infinity-war-back-to-bosworth-field/) - in this Avengers anachronism the Fan Boy base wants to see the hand-to-hand combat so they can imagine what they would have done if only they had superpowers.
- [Delacroix, Skyscrapers and The Woman in Gold](https://aknextphase.com/delacroix-skyscrapers-woman-in-gold/) - If you prefer quiet still life paintings and staid landscapes, don’t come to see Delacroix. His work appeals to people who like action and drama.
- [2019: 365 New Possibilities](https://aknextphase.com/2019-365-new-possibilities/) - Emily Dickenson reminds us to dwell in possibilities. In 2019, be curious and brave enough to embrace the possibilities the New Year brings.
- [Living in Interesting Times: For Better or Worse](https://aknextphase.com/living-interesting-times/) - "May you live in interesting times. May you come to the attention of those in authority. May the gods give you everything you ask for."
- [A Four-Museum Weekend in Washington, DC](https://aknextphase.com/a-four-museum-weekend-in-washington-dc/) - DC has to be the museum capital of the world, with institutions of all types. You can see things from dinosaurs to the original Starship Enterprise model.
- [Unequal Justice: Entitlement and Privilege](https://aknextphase.com/unequal-justice-entitlement-privilege/) - Benjamin Franklin said, “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” We have a broken justice system.
- [Balancing Negative Emotions](https://aknextphase.com/balancing-negative-emotions/) - When negative emotions take over, they begin to outline and define who we are. They develop sharp edges and live in dark places.
- [Bombshell: the Imperfect Teachable Moment](https://aknextphase.com/bombshell-imperfect-teachable-moment/) - First, let me say that any woman who has ever worked in American business, regardless of the industry, will probably find Bombshell encouraging.
- [Foster a Dog, Save a Life](https://aknextphase.com/foster-a-dog-save-a-life/) - Fostering is not easy. Before you take in a dog, it’s important to understand your limits. A fostered dog may require a great deal of attention and reassurance.
- [Alzheimer’s:  A Different Kind of Thief](https://aknextphase.com/alzheimers-different-kind-thief/) - Alzheimer’s is slow and painful, a lonely walk down a road dissolving into darkness. The road is one-way; no turns no detours. There are brief stops, plateaus.
- [Have You Noticed? The Birds Are Disappearing](https://aknextphase.com/have-you-noticed-birds-are-disappearing/) - According to a study published last week in the journal “Science,” there may be almost three billion fewer birds in North America today than there were in 1970.
- [Why the World's Insects are Vanishing](https://aknextphase.com/why-worlds-insects-are-vanishing/) - I can’t remember the last time I had to wash insects off the windshield. We now have a name for this common observation: it’s called the Windshield Phenomenon.
- [The Age of Aquarius](https://aknextphase.com/age-of-aquarius/) - The astrological age of Aquarius refers to the position of the Sun in relation to the background constellations at the time of the vernal or spring equinox.
- [Today I Choose Joy](https://aknextphase.com/today-i-choose-joy/) - Joy is an intention and a practice that we all have a capacity for. It is born from confidence, gratitude, appreciation and mental well-being.
- [Social Distancing and Infection Control](https://aknextphase.com/social-distancing-infection-control/) - The objective of social distancing is to reduce the probability of contact between persons carrying an infection, and to minimize disease transmission.
- [The Wall Street Journal vs Dr. Jill Biden](https://aknextphase.com/the-wall-street-journal-vs-dr-jill-biden/) - A man with a bachelor’s degree saw fit to instruct Dr. Jill Biden that she should stop using Dr.because she earned a Ph.D., not a medical degree.
- [Frostfire and a Charity Anthology](https://aknextphase.com/frostfire-charity-anthology/) - “Frostfire” doesn’t take place on planet Earth, but in a human colony on another planet. That gave me the freedom to craft an ecology and a culture
- [How to Start a Book Group](https://aknextphase.com/how-to-start-book-group/) - Moving to Florida meant the loss of my beloved book group. I immediately sought new options, beginning with the library. To my dismay, they had a waiting list.
- [Humans Helping Animals and Vice Versa](https://aknextphase.com/humans-helping-animals-vice-versa/) - Okay, I admit it—I’m addicted to those videos that show people helping animals, creatures helping people and even animals helping one another.
- [3i/ATLAS: Comet or Not?](https://aknextphase.com/31-atlas-comet/) - Astronomers so far have analyzed the surveys of 3i/ATLAS with the assumption that it is a comet, if not one that we are accustomed to observing.
- [13 Science Fiction Movies – 2nd Half 2017](https://aknextphase.com/13-science-fiction-movies-2nd-half-2017/) - Here are the 13 science fiction movies in H2 2017 in chronological order of their published release dates.Some have already appeared in the theaters.
- [Report on 13 Science Fiction Movies, Second Half 2017](https://aknextphase.com/report-on-13-science-fiction-movies-second-half-2017/) - It’s time to circle back to my earlier post on 13 science fiction movies that were scheduled for release in the last half of 2017 and let you know how they did.
- [Report on Science Fiction Movies First Half 2018](https://aknextphase.com/report-on-science-fiction-movies-first-half-2018/) - This year is half over already. How did that happen? That means it’s time for my regular report on the 12 science fiction movies that I wrote about in January.
- [9 Science Fiction Movies: 2H 2018](https://aknextphase.com/9-science-fiction-movies-2h-2018/) - Without further countdown or technicalities, here is the list of the scheduled science fiction movies 2H 2018 and the quality of these films seems to be better.
- [The East Wing Coalition of the Grifting](https://aknextphase.com/east-wing-coalition-grifting/) - The East Wing formerly housed several key offices and facilities that supported the First Lady along with public-facing functions of the executive residence.
- [Resolutions, Do-Overs and Second Chances](https://aknextphase.com/resolutions-do-overs-and-second-chances/) - It is human nature to believe that resolutions won’t last, do-overs are for children and second chances are rare. Because we think we don't deserve them.
- [On My Mind: April 2018](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-april-2018/) - Right now, I am on the plane with uninterrupted hours to think, write and share what’s been on my mind in April 2018. It’s mostly good.
- [Stepping Up When Change Comes](https://aknextphase.com/stepping-up-when-change-comes/) - There is nothing more constant than change. It happens all around us, every single day. We sense it, even when we cannot see or feel it.
- [Talking to the Widlife: Do They Listen?](https://aknextphase.com/widlife/) - I talk to the wildlife. The wild critters that live around us are not shy. The next visitor will probably be a black bear ambling along sometime in the spring.
- [News from the #MeToo Front](https://aknextphase.com/news-fromt-too-front/) - Sometimes new #MeToo stories bubble up to the top of our media consciousness. Because they appear on a onesy-twosy basis, it requires attention to connect them
- [Boston's Cruise Ship Revenue](https://aknextphase.com/bostons-cruise-ship-revenue/) - Boston's 2025 cruise ship season is drawing to a close along with days spent guiding tours around the city. These big vessels drop a lot of money in Boston.
- [Robots, Automation and Jobs: A Status Report](https://aknextphase.com/robots-automation-and-jobs-a-status-report/) - Back when I wrote posts ringing the alarm about what robots and automation would do to the American worker, I got the standard replies.
- [Beware of Sophisticated Phone and Internet Scams](https://aknextphase.com/beware-of-sophisticated-phone-internet-scams/) - Each year over five million Americans fall victim to scammers, and the annual cost of scams in the United States exceeds $10 billion.
- [Don't Like and Share Engagement Memes](https://aknextphase.com/dont-like-and-share-engagement-memes/) - Brands and publishers use this tactic, called "engagement memes," to game Facebook’s algorithm, which rewards posts that get better engagement.
- [Fraud:  The New Global Industry](https://aknextphase.com/fraud-new-global-industry/) - Fraud is a nameless and faceless network of crime. Fraud wears many faces, and all of us do business with legitimate versions of these services.
- [Internet Insecurity](https://aknextphase.com/internet-insecurity/) - The internet is still in its infancy from an accountability standpoint and its capacity to defend malicious intent. So who’s looking out for us?
- [On My Mind: July 2018](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-july-2018/) - We revel in warm days, shoes without socks, outdoor grilling and the hope of something better. As we settle into summer, I have a lot on my mind for July 2018.
- [Lost Buildings and Bias](https://aknextphase.com/lost-buildings-bias-and-preservation/) - I recently read an article on lost architectural icons that appeared in CNN’s Style section. “Remembering America’s Lost Buildings."Kerry Traynor,
- [Ghosts, Baseball, and Great Horned Owls](https://aknextphase.com/ghosts-baseball-great-horned-owls/) - Baseball is a game of precision and a fraction of a second can determine whether a runner is safe or out. Now MLB has outlawed the neighborhood play.
- [Shiny Object Syndrome: A Disease of Distraction](https://aknextphase.com/shiny-object-syndrome-disease-distraction/) - Shiny Object Syndrome is the disease of distraction. There is no official diagnosis but if you have it your life is defined by the lure of Bright Shiny Objects.
- [On My Mind: February 2019](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-february-2019/) - In case you're a little busy I've got you covered with what's on my mind February 2019. There’s always something on my mind and here’s what we need to know.
- [The Value of Failure](https://aknextphase.com/value-of-failure/) - Failure is one of life’s great teachers. Without failure, we’re unable to measure success in a way that encourages passion and persistence.
- [The Weight of Sadness](https://aknextphase.com/weight-of-sadness/) - Sadness is a normal emotion. It's our response to major life changes, sudden loss, and disappointment. It often manifests when something or someone disappears.
- [The Crisis for America's Farmers](https://aknextphase.com/crisis-americas-farmers-crisis/) - The president has fooled America’s farmers twice now and things are getting worse by the week. In 2024 they actively voted against their own best interests.
- [You Only Had One Job: Duh!](https://aknextphase.com/one-job-duh/) - Five minutes spent on the You Only Had One Job website will convince you that one of several things must be true of American workers:
- [Who Do We Trust?](https://aknextphase.com/trust/) - The inevitable conclusion would be: Trust No One. Like Fox Mulder, we must teach our children that they don’t live in Norman Rockwell’s America.
- [Stop the Snow!](https://aknextphase.com/stop-snow/) - In less than a month New England has been buried by three consecutive storms that dropped over 70 inches of snow in the area.
- [Working While Female](https://aknextphase.com/working-while-female/) - The wasted energy of working while female detracts from the woman’s ability to do the job she was hired for and contributes nothing to the company’s bottom line.
- [Ghosts: An Anthology is Out!](https://aknextphase.com/ghosts-an-anthology-is-out/) - "Ghosts: An Anthology of Horror from the Beyond" edited by David Tyson contains 14 “dark and disturbing” tales including my short story, “The Broadcast Circle.”
- [Obsessive News Coverage: Enough!](https://aknextphase.com/obsessive-news-coverage/) - We are in one of those cycles of obsessive news coverage when every TV and radio news story is about one thing and one thing only.
- [Fisher Cats Move Into the Neighborhood](https://aknextphase.com/fisher-cats-neighborhood/) - Fisher cats (martes pennanti) are members of the mustelid, or weasel family, although they are bigger and darker than weasels or martens.
- [The Wildlife Comes Out](https://aknextphase.com/wildlife-comes-out/) - There are millions of chipmunks and they form a vital part of the food chain for many species of wildlife that live in the woods around us.
- [Memorial Day: Freedom is Never Free](https://aknextphase.com/memorial-day-freedom/) - Memorial Day. One day we are asked to stop and reflect on the sacrifices of men and women who have paid the ultimate price in service to our country.
- [The Hollywood Dream Machine and Cheap Dreams](https://aknextphase.com/hollywood-dream-machine-2/) - Once again Hollywood demonstrates that it has (A) no imagination, (B) no willingness to think outside its limited comfort zone,
- [The Interstellar Movie Experience](https://aknextphase.com/interstellar-movie-experience/) - I won’t presume to comment on the science (astrophysics, advanced math, orbital calculations, wormholes, black-hole slingshots) at the core of Interstellar.
- [The Compare and Despair Trap](https://aknextphase.com/compare-and-despair-trap/) - Comparison isn't bad. The bad part comes if it creates feelings that imply we just don’t measure up. It’s a classic compare and despair trap.
- [Finding Magic in an Ordinary Day](https://aknextphase.com/finding-magic-in-an-ordinary-day/) - Magic also lives within each of us. It’s not the magic of spells but the positive energy that inspires us to live life to its fullest every single day.
- [The Impact of Gift Giving on Planet Earth](https://aknextphase.com/impact-gift-giving-planet-earth/) - For some gift-givers, a physical object is still important, but they want to be sure their gift is truly appreciated and won’t contribute to the waste stream.
- [On My Mind: August 2019](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-august-2019/) - Welcome to a hot list of what’s been on my mind this August 2019. There is no reprieve from heat, mass shootings, hate speech and political rhetoric.
- [On My Mind: October 2019](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-october-201/) - Being off the grid was a different kind of peace, but the Internet remains vigilant. So I’ll share what’s on my mind as we wind up this 2019 version of October.
- [On My Mind:  December 30th 2019](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-december-30th-2019/) - Life is a balance between order and chaos, with me living somewhere in the middle trying to get it right. Here's what's on my mind this December, 2019.
- [On My Mind: July 2020](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-july-2020/) - Isolation is keeping us home bound. Entertainment must be found within and to that end I offer some excellent options. Here's what's on my mind this July 2020.
- [Great White Sharks and Unintended Consequences](https://aknextphase.com/seals-great-white-sharks-uninintended-consequences/) - Nature being red in tooth and claw, it was only a matter of time until the seals’ predators figured out where to find a pinniped picnic. Bring on the sharks.
- [Cheating, Privilege and Greed](https://aknextphase.com/cheating-privilege-greed/) - These parents decided to illegally pay to get their kids into school by cheating on SATS, bribing proctors and lying about athletic skills.
- [What Cheating Teaches Children](https://aknextphase.com/what-cheating-teaches-children/) - If your parents set an example that cheating, lying, and scamming constitute acceptable—even admirable—behavior, that’s what the young people learn.
- [A Fragile Planet Earth](https://aknextphase.com/fragile-planet-earth/) - The Earth, our home, a living breathing ecosystem so mysterious and complex that even the most brilliant scientists admit there are things they can’t explain.
- [Another Preventable Tragedy](https://aknextphase.com/another-preventable-tragedy/) - This time it was in Isla Vista, California. But we reacted in pretty much the same way as we do with every predictable and preventable tragedy:
- [The Civility Wars Continue](https://aknextphase.com/civility-wars-continue/) - Do you remember civility in politics? I do. In the 1950s and 1960s, people could be passionate about many topics without cursing one another or coming to blows.
- [Worried by the Shadow President](https://aknextphase.com/worried-shadow-president/) - The unelected Shadow President, Steve Bannon, wants to turn the press away from the fundamental actions he is taking to “deconstruct the administrative state.”
- [Changing Cultural Norms Step by Step](https://aknextphase.com/changing-cultural-norms-step-by-step/) - What a few people talk about now and again is that we need to change the American cultural norms around owning and using guns. I am all for this.
- [The Queen of England's Gender Gap](https://aknextphase.com/the-queen-of-englands-gender-gap/) - After a petition gathered signatures, Mr. Wahlberg donated his $1.5 million in gender gap wages to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund in Ms. Williams' name.
- [SCOTUS Sex and Shame](https://aknextphase.com/scotus-sex-shame/) - For those who don’t remember or are too young, the latest charge against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh isn’t unique. We have been down this road before. It ended differently, but the country was also a very different place back then. Clarence Thomas and Sexual Harassment In 1991, 27 years ago, Clarence Thomas was nominated
- [What Anger Does to Us](https://aknextphase.com/what-anger-does-to-us/) - Anger seems to be on people’s minds these days. We should not be surprised given the free-floating anger that pervades the airwaves, newsprint and social media.
- [Asteroid Strikes, Meteorites and Survival](https://aknextphase.com/asteroid-strikes-meteorites-and-survival/) - We have no distant early warning system for asteroid strikes. Even if we did, we have no system for diverting a planet-killer.
- [Life on the ISS -- Alien and Otherwise](https://aknextphase.com/life-iss-alien-and-otherwise/) - The small space is the International Space Station (ISS), the group is a crew dedicated to analyzing soil samples from Mars, the threat is an alien life form.
- [Zombie Romance – Love Comes to the Living Dead](https://aknextphase.com/zombie-romance-living-dead/) - Warm Bodies is a charming surprise of a movie for a variety of reasons. It sits, improbably, in a genre of its own, a zombie romantic comedy (zom-rom-com).
- [Backing Away from the Abyss](https://aknextphase.com/backing-away-from-the-abyss/) - “Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
- [Crossing the Job Search Finish Line](https://aknextphase.com/crossing-the-job-search-finish-line/) - The job search journey is NOT a sprint but a marathon with multiple heartbreak hills. Job candidates put their heart and souls into the job search,
- [The American People: Nice or Not?](https://aknextphase.com/american-people-nice-not/) - Every day on TV and social media I see examples of American people behaving badly. You have, too, regardless of which side of the Great Divide you call home. I
- [As the End of 2020 Approaches](https://aknextphase.com/end-of-2020-approaches/) - The end of 2020 is almost here and we can see the light at the end of a long, dark, dangerous, and very boring tunnel. We are far from the end of the pandemic.
- [The Lone Ranger and Crazy Tonto](https://aknextphase.com/lone-ranger-crazy-tonto/) - We saw The Lone Ranger before the reviews came out. Big mistake, kemo sabe. This movie is so bad, it’s difficult to list all the ways in which it went wrong.
- [The Man Who Hoarded His Wife](https://aknextphase.com/man-who-hoarded-his-wife/) - The neighbors reported that his wife didn't say much but complained that he kept their dead cat frozen in the refrigerator. It
- [Two Movies About Genius](https://aknextphase.com/two-movies-about-genius/) - Last week I was fortunate enough to see two such films, both of them about genius of different kinds.
- [Two Movies About Art Plus One](https://aknextphase.com/two-movies-about-art/) - Two movies about art gave us stories about painting from the perspective of an artist on one side of the easel and the family of a subject from the other.
- [Boston is Strong on the Big Screen](https://aknextphase.com/boston-strong-big-screen/) - This weekend there seemed to be a critical mass of movies filmed in or around Boston. It’s always fun to see our city and surrounding locales on the big screen.
- [3-Movie Scoreboard](https://aknextphase.com/3-movie-scoreboard/) - We went to see three movies recently, Blue Jasmine, The World's End and Closed Circuit. Here's my 3-movie scoreboard.
- [Pemberton Square and the John Adams Courthouse](https://aknextphase.com/pemberton-square-john-adams-courthouse/) - Pemberton Hill made up one third of the Tri-Mountain, along with Beacon Hill and Mount Vernon. Half of its 4 1/2 acres belonged to Gardiner Greene,
- [The Rise of the Chatbots](https://aknextphase.com/rise-of-the-chatbots/) - Chatbots are the next phase in migrating from a desktop-dominant world to a mobile one. Chatbots streamline information and improve basic human interactions.
- [The Cutler Majestic: A Gilded Renovation](https://aknextphase.com/the-cutler-majestic-gilded-renovation/) - The Cutler Majestic, now owned by Emerson College, remains one of the palatial theaters that were considered de rigeur for any dramatic production of quality.
- [Mundanes vs Fantastics: Which Are You?](https://aknextphase.com/mundanes-fantastics/) - I have come to believe that there are two kinds of people in the world: Mundanes and Fantastics. But why does a person fall into one group or another?
- [My Week as an Au Pair](https://aknextphase.com/week-au-pair/) - This week I’m playing au pair for my daughter’s family. I got on a Jet Blue flight to spend the week in their home's Mother In Law suite. It's an adjustment.
- [Remembering to Write About Alzheimer's Disease](https://aknextphase.com/alzheimers-disease/) - Most people blanch when talking about Alzheimer’s, and with good reason. It, something it has affected, or both, are fatal 100% of the time.
- [Public Noise and Private Messages](https://aknextphase.com/public-noise-private-messages/) - Why can’t the noisemakers wear earphones? After all, they are the ones making the noise and disrupting others.
- [The October Internet Spookfest](https://aknextphase.com/october-internet-spookfest/) - October turns the Internet into weird territory (or makes it even weirder than it already is in this election year as folks ramp up for the Halloween spookfest.
- [Alien Covenant: Hit and Myth in Outer Space](https://aknextphase.com/alien-covenant-hit-myth-outer-space/) - Despite the qualified reviews we went to see Alien Covenant this weekend. My big question was whether it would be better than the infuriating Prometheus.
- [On My Mind: August 2017](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-august-2017/) - Here's what's on my mind this August 2017. Warning: Zucchini recipes ahead.
- [Trump's Reverse Ponzi Scheme](https://aknextphase.com/trumps-reverse-ponzi-scheme/) - Although I can’t define Trump's subsidies as a classic Ponzi Scheme in the legal or financial sense—it is a closed-loop system with diminishing returns.
- [Adversity and Opportunity = Character](https://aknextphase.com/adversity-and-opportunity-equal-character/) - Adversity and opportunity combine to make us who we are. The good, the bad, the failure and the success—even the missed opportunities—mold and shape us.
- [Nuclear Tweets and Alzheimer's Symptoms](https://aknextphase.com/nuclear-tweets-alzheimers-symptoms/) - Many people associate Alzheimer’s Disease only with loss of memory but it manifests in many more ways. Here are 10 early signs and symptoms.
- [Beating the Winter Blues](https://aknextphase.com/beating-the-winter-blues/) - Winter blues are not a product of winter alone. They are also linked to stressful holidays, the reminder of loved ones no longer with us, and the flu season.
- [The Sexual Assault Scorecard](https://aknextphase.com/sexual-assault-scorecard/) - I think I need a score card. The list of men accused and/or convicted of sexual assault, harassment, pedophilia, adultery, and rape seems to grow by the day.
- [On Becoming My Mother](https://aknextphase.com/becoming-my-mother/) - I may think I've become my mother, but the truth is those shoes are too big to fill. I appreciate my mother now in a way I couldn't before.
- [Ethnicity vs Nationality in America](https://aknextphase.com/ethnicity-vs-nationality-america/) - We are Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans, Greek-Americans, Russian-Americans etc. by ethnicity. We can be both because one does not cancel out the other.
- [Advice to My Younger Self](https://aknextphase.com/advice-to-my-younger-self/) - If we had a Do-Over button would we use it? What would we do differently to affect the outcome of the path we chose? I give some advice to my younger self.
- [The Long Goodbye](https://aknextphase.com/long-goodbye/) - It’s painful to say goodbye to someone you don’t want to let go; but more painful to ask someone to stay when you know they want to leave.
- [Roundup of April 2016 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-april-2016-posts/) - April was a very busy month for me and May is shaping up to be even more hectic. In the meantime, here’s the monthly roundup of last month’s blog posts.
- [Compassion, Apathy and Psychic Numbing](https://aknextphase.com/compassion-apathy-and-psychic-numbing/) - Is there a hard limit to human compassion? Does our emotional capacity to feel the weight of the world’s sadness reach a point of saturation and get tapped out?
- [How I Learned to Love My Unusual Name](https://aknextphase.com/how-i-learned-to-love-my-unusual-name/) - Having a name that is easy to pronounce and remember makes you easier to find. This becomes important when you enter the job market.
- [Finding Your Personal Plumb Line](https://aknextphase.com/finding-your-personal-plumb-line/) - Our personal plumb line is unable to stabilize itself until we acknowledge its swing away from what we know is true. A swinging plumb line has lost its center.
- [Random Acts of Kindness](https://aknextphase.com/random-acts-of-kindness/) - Practice random acts of kindness and generosity -- big ones, small ones, simple ones, and amazing ones. Spend a little time thinking about it.
- [The Declutter Project](https://aknextphase.com/the-declutter-project/) - Unless you are a minimalist, you deal with clutter. It’s a by-product of life; things that end up waiting for someone to deal with them.
- [Physics, Deepak Chopra, and the 7 Stages of Love](https://aknextphase.com/physics-deepak-chopra-stages-of-love/) - Deepak Chopra spoke of The Seven Stages of Love. To him, all love is relationships. All relationships are mirrors in which we see reflections of ourselves.
- [Synergy in Observations About Creation](https://aknextphase.com/synergy-observations-creation/) - Sound permeates religious literature and scientific inquiry into creation: how the universe, as we understand the concept, came to be.
- [Four Views on Robots and Human Engagement](https://aknextphase.com/four-views-robots-human-engagement/) - A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with
- [Shabbat Shalom שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם‎](https://aknextphase.com/shabbat-shalom-שַׁבָּת-שָׁלוֹם‎/) - Shabbat Shalom together means “may you have a peaceful day of no work” or “may you be restored to wholeness as you rest on the seventh day.”
- [Vegetarian, Omnivore, Pescatarian](https://aknextphase.com/vegetarian-omnivore-pescatarian/) - Susanne’s post made me feel guilty, as always, when I contemplate becoming a vegetarian. Spiritually, I aspire to it but I always fall short for four reasons:
- [The Bling Ring: L.A. Zeitgeist Heist](https://aknextphase.com/the-bling-ring-l-a-zeitgeist-heist/) - Based on a real-life case and an article by Nancy Jo Sales, The Bling Ring is a small but fascinating movie about the amoral in pursuit of the superficial.
- [Taking Action Against Plastic Waste](https://aknextphase.com/taking-action-against-plastic-waste/) - Just in time for the holiday season of over-consumption, we are hearing more about the impact of plastic waste on the economy and the environment.
- [The Myth of Saving Time](https://aknextphase.com/myth-of-saving-time/) - No amount of money buys more time. Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson and Bill Gates have the same 24 hours you and I get. Their money is no better than ours is.
- [Roundup of June-July 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-june-july-2019-posts/) - Suze and I wrote fewer posts in June because of travel and obligations. We picked the pace up in July, though, so you have a roundup of interesting reading.
- [Roundup of Halloween Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-halloween-posts/) - Over the years, Susanne and I have written a number of posts about aspects of Halloween and how it serves as the holiday gateway.
- [ICHIGO ICHIE:  Living in the Moment](https://aknextphase.com/ichigo-ichie-living-in-moment/) - Ichigo ichie is often spoken in Japan when greeting someone or saying goodbye. It acknowledges each encounter as unique and special.
- [American Hustle: All Art, No Heart](https://aknextphase.com/american-hustle-all-hustle-no-heart/) - American Hustle is set in 1970s New York and New Jersey and does a terrific job—with one exception—of reflecting that period.
- [Stillness and the Art of Sitting Still](https://aknextphase.com/stillness-art-of-sitting-still/) - The art of stillness is commonly called meditation. The challenge I have with this is my inability to slow down and allow my mind to become empty.
- [A Lesson on Fear and Its Impact](https://aknextphase.com/lesson-fear-its-impact/) - Fear is a terrible thing. In his great novel, “Dune,” Frank Herbert says, “Fear is the mind killer.” Fear robs us our ability to think rationally and logically.
- [6 Ways to Restore Balance in the Universe](https://aknextphase.com/6-ways-restore-balance-universe/) - Restoring balance through thoughts, words and actions rests with each of us by reflecting our behavior outward into the universe.
- [Say Something Nice: A Lenten Redux](https://aknextphase.com/say-something-nice-a-lenten-redux/) - During this Lenten season I am focusing on improving a character trait within myself by offering a kindness or compliment every day.
- [Finding Spirituality in Montreal's Churches](https://aknextphase.com/finding-spirituality-montreals-churches/) - Catholic ecclesiastical structures include churches, chapels, basilicas, cathedrals and oratories. What separates one from another?
- [Spiritual Temple or Movie House?](https://aknextphase.com/spiritual-temple-movie-house/) - Although most people don’t look up to see it, the name “First Spiritual Temple” is engraved above the front door and below the façade’s triple arched windows.
- [Roundup of January 2021 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-january-2021-posts/) - Here is the roundup of January 2021 posts for your review. Catch up on anything you missed. If you like a post, feel free to share it with your friends.
- [Picturing Change: Painting with Color](https://aknextphase.com/a-picture-of-change-learning-to-paint-with-color/) - My goal now is to work in brig ht color and scale up to large canvasses. Fortunately,: a course called Mastering Oil Painting. was on the schedule.
- [Green Light Means Go!](https://aknextphase.com/green-light-means-go/) - The green light means go and the first car in line just sits there. One Mississippi, Two Mississippi. Three Mississippi. No movement. Nothing. Nada.
- [A Clean Slate for the New Year](https://aknextphase.com/clean-slate-new-year/) - The New Year has dawned. It’s a fresh start, a clean slate, and a chance to get it right. We jump in with both feet and make promises to ourselves.
- [When Does the Economy Hit Bottom?](https://aknextphase.com/can-we-tell-when-we-have-hit-bottom/) - Where is the tipping point at which not enough people are employed or are making an insufficient hourly wage to purchase the goods that keep the economy going?
- [Mending Wall One Rock at a Time](https://aknextphase.com/mending-wall-one-rock-at-a-time/) - Still, changing the way land is used doesn't alter the effects of New England climate on stone walls—or the ground on which they are built.
- [Good Weather Needed for Saturday's Tour](https://aknextphase.com/good-weather-needed-for-saturdays-tour/) - We need good weather for Saturday's tour. Fortunately, the prediction is high temperatures in the fifties dropping into the forties with only a light wind.
- [Roundup of February 2021 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-february-2021-posts/) - The weather this February 2021, is cold and snowy, Suze has better weather where she lives,. Here’s the roundup of February 2021 posts:
- [Roundup of March 2021 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-march-2021-posts/) - So here, organized by topic in alphabetical order, is the roundup of posts we put up in March 2021. Happy reading!
- [Roundup of April 2021 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-april-2021-posts/) - Everybody is Zoomed out after a year of staring at the screen. But this roundup of April 2021 posts is your chance to catch up on something you may have missed.
- [Roundup of May 2021 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-may-2021-posts/) - In lieu of travel, here is the regular roundup of May 2021 posts. I hope you enjoy them and they take you away from everyday reality.
- [Roundup of June 2021 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-june-2021-posts/) - This roundup of June 2021 posts gives you a pretty broad spectrum of topics because Suze and I are interested in a lot of things.
- [Thoughts on the Coronavirus Pandemic](https://aknextphase.com/thoughts-coronavirus-pandemic/) - The World Health Organization has labeled the novel coronavirus as a global pandemic. I think the label is a formality—we knew it already.
- [Technology Slang](https://aknextphase.com/technology-slang/) - These slang words and expressions are well understood within the industry but may come as a surprise to anyone who does not marinate in that special sauce.
- [Radical Candor / Radically Wrong](https://aknextphase.com/radical-candor-radically-wrong/) - Radical candor means abandoning courtesy, consideration, and simple good manners to say whatever you think to the people you work with every day.
- [A Letter to Karen McDougal About Cheaters](https://aknextphase.com/a-letter-to-karen-mcdougal-about-cheaters/) - A cheater doesn’t stop cheating just because he met another Special Girl. He pulls out his polished lines and carefully tailored lies to draw you in.
- [News about the MERS Coronavirus](https://aknextphase.com/news-about-mers-coronavirus/) - It’s been a while since I have written about the mysterious MERS #CoronaVirus but that doesn't mean it’s gone away—quite the opposite in fact.
- [The Martian: Survival on the Red Planet](https://aknextphase.com/the-martian-survival-mars/) - This is the first time I’m writing a post about a single book. It’s called “The Martian” by Andy Weir and it is simply extraordinary.
- [Alaska: There and Back Again](https://aknextphase.com/alaska-back-again/) - I’m back home from Alaska faster than I had expected because the Great Transcontinental Road Trip did not happen. The hang-up was paperwork.
- [Captain Phillips: Risk and Reward](https://aknextphase.com/captain-phillips-risk-and-reward/) - Captain Phillips is a terrific movie and I recommend it to anyone, teenagers on up, who want to see how a real-life action scenario played out.
- [Hollywood Predicts the Future Best With Sci-Fi Pros](https://aknextphase.com/hollywood-sci-fi-future/) - In today’s Wall Street Journal, Don Steinberg asks the question, “Can Sci-Fi Movies Predict the Future?” This brief analysis in @WSJ focuses on 1973,
- [Savannah Eats](https://aknextphase.com/savannah-eats/) - On our weekend trip to Savannah I entered the land of Paula Deen with full knowledge that eating the local food might raise my cholesterol into the danger zone.
- [A Quinoa Confession](https://aknextphase.com/a-quinoa-confession/) - Quinoa is one of the whole-grain, wheat-alternative darlings of the food world right now. It’s everywhere. I’d rather have a cheeseburger.
- [Biscuits: The Hard-to-Find Breakfast Treat](https://aknextphase.com/biscuits-breakfast-treat/) - Biscuits. Ummm. Warm and soft from the oven. Bursting with steam when you cut them open. Best with butter and honey and a cup of tea,
- [Plastic Straws Whether You Want 'em or Not](https://aknextphase.com/plastic-straws/) - Restaurants still put those plastic straws in every glass they bring to the table. When ordering, I have to remember to say, “No straw, please.”
- [Winning a Temporary Prize at Lincoln Park](https://aknextphase.com/winning-temporary-prize-lincoln-park/) - It happened during the annual outing my father’s company, Montaup Electric Co. in Somerset MA, threw every year at the now-defunct Lincoln Park in Dartmouth.
- [Je Parle Un Peu le Français](https://aknextphase.com/le-francais/) - Studying le Francais was an academic exercise only and I hated it because it was frustrating and seemed old fashioned.
- [On My Mind:  December 2020](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-december-2020/) - Nobody is sorry to bid 2020 farewell. But the year lingers and I can’t leave it behind without sharing a final December 2020 What’s On My Mind blog.
- [Puddingstone in Somerset](https://aknextphase.com/puddingstone-somerset/) - Puddingstone would seem an unlikely building material with its rocks and pebbles sticking out. In fact, it seems tailor-made for New England's buildings.
- [Coyotes and Mad Men](https://aknextphase.com/coyotes-and-mad-men/) - Opening the deck door, I heard what was clearly several coyotes, members of the species canis latrans, having themselves a real good time on a spring night.
- [MAKE The Force Be With You](https://aknextphase.com/make-the-force-be-with-you/) - Did we make The Force work for us? This is not the first time such "coincidences" have happened to us--and I don't believe in coincidence anyway.
- [GM: Courage and Compensation](https://aknextphase.com/gm-courage-compensation/) - On the news we’re treated to Mary Barra testifying before Congress on the reasons why GM didn't recall a defective switch that killed at least 13 people.
- [The Art of Holding a Grudge](https://aknextphase.com/art-holding-a-grudge/) - I come from a long line of grudge holders. It’s not one of our more attractive family legacies and we have elevated it to an art form.
- [Cats, Moving and Change](https://aknextphase.com/cats-moving-change/) - Cats are territorial so this kind of upheaval is very stressful for them. The old, familiar territory was gone and she had to learn a whole new place.
- [The Ugly Tourist in Italy](https://aknextphase.com/the-ugly-tourist-in-italy/) - The minute you decide to visit another country you become a tourist. Whether you become an ugly tourist or not is up to you.
- [Houdini and Bungie the Hamster Plan the Great Escape](https://aknextphase.com/houdini-bungie-hamster-plan-great-escape/) - When I saw this picture, I laughed because we actually lived this cat vs hamster mystery story. (Also, lungs, digestive tract, etc.)
- [On My Mind: April 2020](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-april-2020/) - April 2020 is ending, leaving me time on my hands and more than a few things on my mind. Here are 33 examples of people helping people, proving good prevails.
- [Pandemic Watchlist #4: International Edition](https://aknextphase.com/pandemic-watchlist-4-international-edition/) - In my Pandemic Watchlist #4, I share some of the international shows we have watched and liked recently. I prefer captions to dubbing, though.
- [Favorite Mystery Series](https://aknextphase.com/favorite-mystery-series/) - I find a particular pleasure in finding a book by an author whose work I enjoy, particularly if it’s part of an ongoing mystery series.
- [Arch Street and the Mystery of the Missing Arch](https://aknextphase.com/arch-street-mystery-missing-arch/) - Many Bostonians know Arch Street in the Financial District because they go to Catholic services at the Shrine of St. Anthony, known as the Arch Street Chapel.
- [Multitasking Humans and Work-Life Balance](https://aknextphase.com/multitasking-humans-work-life-balance/) - Susanne Skinner’s post yesterday on Work-Life Balance reminded me this concept once did not exist—or it existed in a much different form—for office workers.
- [The Persistence of Sexism](https://aknextphase.com/persistence-sexism/) - Current events keep pulling me back into an unpleasant reality that proves the persistence of sexism. Just consider these recent reports:
- [The Polar Vortex and the Little Ice Age](https://aknextphase.com/polar-vortex-little-ice-age/) - What must it have been like in New England during the Little Ice Age. How did families stay warm in un-insulated houses with only fireplaces for heat?
- [The Empty Store: Customer Satisfaction is Up to You!](https://aknextphase.com/customer-satisfaction/) - Insist on customer satisfaction instead of customer abandonment. It's the store's job to make sure you're a happy shopper, not your job to ensure profitability.
- [The Monuments Men:  WWII Treasure Hunt](https://aknextphase.com/monuments-men-ww2-treasure-hunt/) - This movie follows the exploits of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program during World War II and based on "The Monuments Men" by Robert M. Edsel.
- [Catholics and the Christian Right](https://aknextphase.com/catholics-christian-right/) - If the Christian Right succeeds, sooner or later, they will come for the Catholics. And it won’t matter if you are a person of faith, a cleric, or a Cardinal.
- [Report on Science Fiction Movies 2H 2018](https://aknextphase.com/report-on-science-fiction-movies-2h-2019/) - So, there you have it: the review of science fiction movies with the least to applaud since I started doing these bi-annual posts.
- [11 Science Fiction Movies Scheduled for 1H 2019](https://aknextphase.com/11-science-fiction-movies-scheduled-for-1h-2019/) - It’s a whole new year for a new slate of science fiction movies—hopefully of a higher quality than what we saw (or didn't see) in the second half of 2018.
- [Report on Science Fiction Movies 1H 2019](https://aknextphase.com/report-on-science-fiction-movies-1h-2019/) - That’s it for science fiction movies in the first half of 2019. Out of 12 movies, three were rescheduled for later in the year and one flamed out
- [11 Science Fiction Movies: 2H 2019](https://aknextphase.com/11-science-fiction-movies-2h-2019/) - So, there you have it: 11 science fiction movies between now and New Year’s Day. Three have already been released and virtually disappeared.
- [7 Science Fiction Movies 1H 2020](https://aknextphase.com/7-science-fiction-movies-1h-2020/) - The time has arrived once again to check out the science fiction movies that are scheduled for release in the first half of the year.
- [Report on 11 Science Fiction Movies 2H 2019](https://aknextphase.com/report-11-science-fiction-movies-2h-2019/) - The middle of February means it’s past time to report on the 11 science fiction movies that were scheduled for or actually appeared in the second half of 2019.
- [The Online Mechanical Turk](https://aknextphase.com/online-mechanical-turk/) - In both the short story and the MTurk system, the name Mechanical Turk came from an 18th-century automaton, a chess master that could supposedly beat any human.
- [Did NO ONE Listen in English Class?](https://aknextphase.com/did-no-one-listen-in-english-class/) - It’s an irony that many people who champion English as the official language of the United States don’t speak it correctly themselves. But they’re not alone.
- [A Multi-Planet Species Goes to Mars](https://aknextphase.com/multi-planet-species-goes-mars/) - It seems that Charles Bolden, NASA Chief Administrator, believes that humanity needs to become “a multi-planet species” if we’re going to survive indefinitely."
- [Notorious Art Heists:  Thieves Love Rembrandt](https://aknextphase.com/notorious-art-heists/) - Here are some more things that we learned: 90% of all museum art heists use insider information. Rembrandt is the artist whose works are stolen most frequently
- [Charles Ponzi's House On the Market](https://aknextphase.com/charles-ponzis-house-on-the-market/) - The house was owned by Charles Ponzi, who created the con game that bears his name—and that was used to such great effect by Bernie Madoff a century later.
- [Teaching American History and Government](https://aknextphase.com/teaching-american-history-government/) - A woman from Oregon told me that most people on the west coast thought that American history started with the Mississippi River.
- [Meeting Two Entrepreneurship Challenges](https://aknextphase.com/two-entrepreneurship-challenges/) - Two recent articles on similar topics have sparked a post. In this case, it’s about lessons in entrepreneurship and why young Americans are being challenged.
- [Creating Your Personal Brand](https://aknextphase.com/creating-your-personal-brand/) - A personal brand means nothing if not backed up by work that is measurable and memorable. It’s one of the hardest things to build and the easiest to destroy.
- [Keep Calm: Anger Kills](https://aknextphase.com/keep-calm-anger-kills/) - Male anger is a totally different thing for the simple reason that they turn it outward instead of inward--which means men don’t see their anger as an emotion.
- [Shopping in Thrift Stores](https://aknextphase.com/shopping-thrift-stores/) - Thrift store shopping is a unique experience, offering a spectrum of possibility—from finding amazing deals to leaving with nothing at all.
- [The US Senate Chamber on Columbia Point](https://aknextphase.com/us-senate-chamber-columbia-point/) - The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, located on Columbia Point, houses the only full-scale replica of the U.S. Senate Chamber.
- [Crossing the Charles River on the Gridley Locks](https://aknextphase.com/crossing-charles-river-gridley-locks/) - On foot, however, you can use a shorter, easier path across a narrow part of the Charles via the Charles River Dam and the Gridley Locks.
- [The TikTok Obession](https://aknextphase.com/the-tiktok-obession/) - If your brand’s target audience includes people between the age of 13 and 40, you are likely on TikTok. It draws all ages but their demographic is Generation Z.
- [Mookie Best and the Gift of Love](https://aknextphase.com/mookie-best-gift-of-love/) - Mookie Best, our three-year-old tabby, has settled in and is becoming acclimated to the house and to us. At the same time, we are accustoming ourselves to him.
- [Mystique Crosses the Rainbow Bridge](https://aknextphase.com/mystique-crosses-rainbow-bridge/) - Yesterday we took Mystique to the vet for the last time and patted her while Dr. McNeill administered euthanasia. We were very sad but the time had come.
- [Low Bridges and High Castles](https://aknextphase.com/low-bridges-and-high-castles/) - I enjoy going under bridges, finding something special in doing the opposite of what the pedestrians are doing when they cross the bridge above me.
- [Greta Thunberg:  An Unexpected Activist for Climate Change](https://aknextphase.com/greta-thunberg-an-unexpected-activist-for-climate-change/) - Greta Thunberg is a courageous sixteen-year-old Swedish schoolgirl with a passion for saving the planet. She inspires the world to fight climate change.
- [Listening to Silence: A Wisconsin Retreat](https://aknextphase.com/wisconsin-retreat/) - There are over 15,000 lakes in Wisconsin. I am paddling a kayak on one of them, surrounded by 68 private acres in the middle of nowhere. It is a quiet morning,
- [Roundup of September 2019 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-september-2019-posts/) - Fall is here and it's time for the roundup of September 2019 posts. Nights start sooner and last longer. The shadows hold the cold during the day.
- [The Brilliant Colors of October In New England](https://aknextphase.com/brilliant-colors-october-new-england/) - Every October, New England turns into a series of calendar pictures. Everywhere you look, you see gorgeous vistas of leaves changing color against a blue sky.
- [The Pandemic Diary:  The TV Watch List](https://aknextphase.com/pandemic-diary-tv-watch-list/) - Here, in alphabetical order, are the new shows we have tried and liked since the beginning of the year. You may want to add some of them to your TV Watch List.
- [Living Your Best Life](https://aknextphase.com/living-your-best-life/) - Our conversation led us to question what it means to live your best life, which prompted us to ask if anyone really knows what that means.
- [Why Americans Can't Speak Proper English](https://aknextphase.com/why-americans-cant-speak-proper-english-incorrect/) - Whatever the reason, I think that far too many Americans either never learned to speak proper English or prefer not to do so.
- [The Cynical Tears of Men](https://aknextphase.com/cynical-tears-of-men/) - Tears shed by men, of course, tell a different story, depending on the person doing the crying and how the media choose to treat it.
- [Remembering the Old Knight Children's Center](https://aknextphase.com/remembering-old-knight-childrens-center/) - The Bell Olmsted Place residential complex behind it was formerly the New England Home for Little Wanderers and its Knight Children's Center.
- [Overnight Guests at Boston Police Headquarters](https://aknextphase.com/overnight-guests-boston-police-headquarters/) - Not many cities can boast both a luxury hotel in an old jail and another in Boston Police Headquarters. Visitors to Boston can take their pick.
- [The Shortest Day -- The Longest Night](https://aknextphase.com/shortest-day-longest-night/) - Today is the first day of winter, the shortest day of the year, and precursor to the longest night. This was when primitive people “called back the sun.”
- [Gathering Together: Thanksgiving Reflections](https://aknextphase.com/gathering-together-thanksgiving-reflections/) - Thanksgiving dinner began when Mom placed the turkey in front of Dad on a table loaded with traditional side dishes and seven empty plates waiting to be filled.
- [It Came Upon a Midnight Clear](https://aknextphase.com/came-upon-midnight-clear/) - “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” was written by Edmund Hamilton Sears who was the Unitarian/Universalist minister at the First Parish of Wayland, MA,
- [Gun Culture and the Wild, Wild Us](https://aknextphase.com/gun-culture-wild/) - I started wondering why America, more than any other country, has a gun culture that loves and accepts guns. Here are six recent gun-related deaths.
- [The 2016 Election and Fall River's Economy](https://aknextphase.com/2016-election-fall-river-economy/) - I understand this because I grew up in Somerset, near Fall River, on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the jobs went away long ago and stayed gone.
- [Thoughts Before I Die](https://aknextphase.com/thoughts-before-i-die/) - There are a lot of things I want to accomplish before I die, and that date is closer than it was 20 years ago.
- [Halloween Decorations: Ever More Realistic](https://aknextphase.com/halloween-decorations-ever-more-realistic/) - Halloween decorations followed with increasingly detailed ways to create shock and awe, like blood and guts, decapitated heads, ax murders and rotting bodies.
- [Discovering Ways to Cook in the Florida Kitchen](https://aknextphase.com/discovering-florida-kitchen/) - One of the first lessons I learned in the Florida kitchen is that not all shrimp are alike. Down here there are many different kinds.
- [Celebrating Freedom in France](https://aknextphase.com/celebrating-freedom-in-france/) - All of thsee travels led me to an understanding of how much the people of France suffered during the war and the German occupation.
- [With Monet and Renoir on the Seine](https://aknextphase.com/monet-renoir-on-seine/) - We’ll reschedule our next Viking River Cruise when things return to normal. Instead I'm writing about our travels on France's Seine River.
- [The Accursed Kings: Like GoT for Real](https://aknextphase.com/the-accursed-kings-like-got-for-real/) - Written by author Maurice Druon, the 7 books of the Accursed Kings series deal with the French monarchy, from Philip IV of the Capetian dynasty to John II.
- [A Memorable Vacation Read](https://aknextphase.com/memorable-vacation-read/) - As I was reading it—and looking at their recommendations for this year’s beach reads—I wondered if a book had ever affected my vacation. Here are three.
- [Viking Longship Mornings on the Sundeck](https://aknextphase.com/viking-longship-mornings-sundeck/) - Some Viking Longships have energetic passengers who come up to walk or do calisthenics, but often I am the only person on the upper deck.
- [Tapping the Voters' Outrage](https://aknextphase.com/voters-outrage/) - Here is a letter I sent to Senator Elizabeth Warren on the topic of how to tape the outrage of Americans who are appalled at what the Trump regime is doing.
- [The Changing Face of Customer Service](https://aknextphase.com/the-changing-face-of-customer-service/) - My negative attitude about customer service is well founded. Though I do not use call centers often, I rarely have a good experience
- [How the Democrats Can Conquer Fear](https://aknextphase.com/fear-democrats-conquer/) - Fear attracts the object of fear. If you’re confused, this means that when you act out of fear, you will draw to yourself the very thing that frightens you.
- [The Three Concepts Behind The Hunger Games](https://aknextphase.com/3-concepts-hunger-games/) - Author Suzanne Collins put together 3 unrelated concepts and answered the What If question multiple times to create her highly successful Hunger Games trilogy.
- [The Great Molasses Flood: Anniversary Lessons](https://aknextphase.com/great-molasses-flood/) - The Great Molasses Flood took place in Boston’s North End on January 15, 1919 when a tank holding 2.3 million gallons of molasses collapsed.
- [2016 Election Ironies and Hypocrisies](https://aknextphase.com/election-2016-ironies-hypocrisies/) - Last week was filled with election ironies. To be fair, however, I sometimes find it difficult to separate irony from hypocrisy.
- [What Does It Mean to Take a Knee?](https://aknextphase.com/what-does-it-mean-to-take-a-knee/) - By the 1980s, the request to “take a knee" was a common one in sports teams. Players would kneel for group prayer, directives from the coach, or solidarity.
- [Why Are the Oscar Odds Already Out?](https://aknextphase.com/why-are-oscar-odds-already-out/) - The early Oscar odds are not ignorant of the fact that still-to-be-released films will be in contention. Several of the longshots are coming out in December.
- [On My Mind: October 2020](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-october-2020/) - We’re smart people. We’re using logic and fact checking before we believe. I’ve got a lot on my mind this October, 2020, and it’s hard to look away.
- [Rethinking the Presidential Debates](https://aknextphase.com/rethinking-presidential-debates/) - As we know, the presidential debates have devolved from discussions about real issues to frustrating shouting matches. Here are suggestions to improve them.
- [Americans Persist in Voting](https://aknextphase.com/americans-persist-voting/) - Today is Election Day and the great peace of finally voting descends upon the land. We know how important it is to vote and how important our votes have become.
- [A Life Well Lived: Remembering My Dad](https://aknextphase.com/a-life-well-lived-remembering-my-dad/) - My Dad wore the uniform of a United States Army officer and served his country for thirty-three years as a member of the greatest generation.
- [Customer Survey: Tell Us What You Think](https://aknextphase.com/customer-survey-tell-us-what-you-think/) - A customer survey a valuable tool for gathering specific examples of positive and negative experiences. A survey chronicles the customer’s experience.
- [Make a Difference: VOTE](https://aknextphase.com/make-difference-vote/) - We have a responsibility to change the tone of politics.The November mid-terms are just around the corner. Make a difference and VOTE.
- [Election Day: Vote as if Your Life Depends on It](https://aknextphase.com/election-day-vote-your-life-depends-on-it/) - And then, today, we go to the polls and register our approval or our dissent with that most powerful of democracy’s weapons—the vote.
- [Your Vote is Your Voice](https://aknextphase.com/your-vote-is-your-voice/) - Your vote represents the future of our country. Your voice must be heard. You are more than a statistic churned out by the media and voting is your right.
- [The Four Horsemen of Calumny Return](https://aknextphase.com/the-four-horsemen-of-calumny-return/) - She said she did not want to see her party, the Republicans, “ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.”
- [Why Women Don't Speak Up: The Big Silence](https://aknextphase.com/why-women-dont-speak-up-the-big-silence/) - When I wrote my post on Why Women Don’t Speak Up About Sexual Harassment, I didn’t expect the U.S. Senate to provide me with such an immediate demonstration.
- [Slap-Your-Hand Award for Coverage of Female Candidates](https://aknextphase.com/slap-your-hand-award-for-coverage-of-female-candidates/) - The race has barely begun and already I give the news media a Slap Your Hand Award for the coverage I am seeing and hearing. And I’m not the only one to notice.
- [Disable the Labels](https://aknextphase.com/disable-the-labels/) - Labels become filters we apply, placing people into categories. It’s a hard habit to break. Let’s make a serious effort to disable the label for people.
- [When Young People Vote](https://aknextphase.com/when-young-people-vote/) - I pay attention to what Gen Z and other young people are thinking and doing. My friends not only don’t do that, they don’t know how to do it.
- [Tracking the Jared Kushner Question](https://aknextphase.com/jared-kushner-question/) - Periodically I see questions social media about Trump Presidential Advisor and Son-in-Law Jared Kushner and the $2 billion investment from Saudi Arabia.
- [The Loneliness Epidemic](https://aknextphase.com/loneliness-epidemic/) - Public awareness of loneliness is on the rise, but researchers have difficulty quantifying it statistically and behaviorally.
- [What Child Marriage Says About Men](https://aknextphase.com/child-marriage-says-about-men/) - Why do so many men want to have sex with children, usually girls? Whether it's legalized or not, what does child marriage say about them as human beings?
- [Pedophilia and the Statute of Limitations](https://aknextphase.com/pedophilia-statute-of-limitations/) - The Catholic Church is dealing with another round of recriminations for pedophilia and sexual abuse of children in the United States, Ireland, and South America.
- [Transgender Socialization](https://aknextphase.com/transgender-socialization/) - In the real world, Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner is transitioning from male to female, a process that is being documented by People magazine. (Relax, I read it at the doctor’s office.) On TV, the series Transparent shows Jeffrey Tambor becoming the most unattractive woman since Maria Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol. In the movie world, the
- [What Defines a Woman?](https://aknextphase.com/what-defines-a-woman/) - I agree more with @elinorbur and Simone de Beauvoir that being a woman transcends possession of the biological equipment. Socialization is important.
- [Singing Handel's Messiah: Hallelujah!](https://aknextphase.com/singing-messiah-hallelujah/) - On Sunday I celebrated the Christmas season by participating in Sudbury’s 41st Annual Messiah Sing at the beautifully decorated Memorial Congregational Church.
- [Marathon Bombing:  And Justice for All](https://aknextphase.com/marathon-bombing-justice-for-all/) - Today is the second anniversary of the marathon bombing and the 119th running of the Marathon. Two years have passed, but we have not forgotten.
- [Celebrity Endorsements: It Ain’t Necessarily So](https://aknextphase.com/celebrity-endorsements/) - When it comes to celebrity endorsements A-listers and B-listers do their best to make you buy. Some celebrity endorsements make smart advertising sense.
- [Leadership Over 50](https://aknextphase.com/leadership-over-50/) - A military commission means your leadership potential has been evaluated. The vetting process takes over six months, with formal interviews and presentation
- [Got Jeans?](https://aknextphase.com/got-jeans/) - If you’re like me, you’re always on the lookout for the one pair of jeans that is a perfect fit. It’s the pair that magically reshapes your body.
- [Family Traditions](https://aknextphase.com/family-traditions/) - Monday Author: Susanne Skinner “Life without traditions is as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.” ~ Tevye I did not grow up in a family with a long list of traditions. We had a few, but nothing embedded from past generations to be brought forward year after year. Looking back, I wish we had.
- [What Makes a Family?](https://aknextphase.com/what-makes-a-family/) - Monday Author: Susanne Skinner “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” ~Jane Howard A family is a curious thing. If you think yours is unusual, it probably means you’re normal. Growing up in the boomer generation
- [Family Heirlooms: A Thing of the Past](https://aknextphase.com/family-heirlooms-a-thing-of-the-past/) - This generation has a life style that does not include heirlooms passed down from Boomer parents or Greatest Generation grandparents.
- [Seth Moulton Pokes the Far Left](https://aknextphase.com/seth-moulton-pokes-far-left/) - Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton has poked the bear of Democratic indignation and he appears to aDemocrat who won’t apologize on demand. Good for him.
- [Buyer's Remorse and the Election](https://aknextphase.com/buyers-remorse-election/) - Buyer’s remorse set in quickly after the 2024 election. It shocks me is that so many people cast their votes for Donald Trump based on bad information--or none.
- [When No Message IS the Message](https://aknextphase.com/no-message/) - Silence doesn't work in business or politics. The big truth that continually escapes the Democrats is that THE LACK OF A MESSAGE IS THE MESSAGE!
- [My Question for Pete Hegseth](https://aknextphase.com/question-pete-hegseth/) - I am neither a U.S. Senator on the Judiciary Committee nor a military veteran but I do have a question for Pete Hegseth, the nominee for Secretary of Defense.
- [Perception vs Reality in Politics](https://aknextphase.com/perception-vs-reality-politics/) - During my career in high-tech marketing, I learned the difference between perception and reality. Also, more importantly, that perception usually beats reality.
- [The Robot Army Marches On](https://aknextphase.com/robot-army-marches/) - A robot army is emerging from labs and companies like the warriors of Cadmus springing from a dragon’s teeth. Each new invention is met with wide-eyed wonder.
- [A Government Shutdown Should Be Illegal](https://aknextphase.com/government-shutdown-should-be-illegal/) - A government shutdown goes far beyond political battles, policy differences, ideological schisms, or budget reduction issues.
- [National Security and the Novel Coronavirus](https://aknextphase.com/national-security-novel-coronavirus/) - Now, for the first time, we understand that communicable disease and global pandemics can also pose a threat to national security.
- [Lessons from the Pandemic](https://aknextphase.com/lessons-from-pandemic/) - Their lessons from the pandemic will probably be very different from what my parents learned in the Great Depression. Will they learn something positive?
- [Changing Cultural Norms -- Part Two](https://aknextphase.com/changing-cultural-norms-part-two/) - Here are seven ways in four areas where cultural norms have changed over time. We can change gun culture, too, it's just going to be more difficult.
- [The Paradox of Choice](https://aknextphase.com/paradox-of-choice/) - As options increase, the investment of time and effort involved in a wise choice also increases. Too many choices increase the possibility of making a bad one.
- [Pope Night: An Old Religious Hatred](https://aknextphase.com/pope-night-old-religious-hatred/) - Pope Night started with two costumed parades, as the North End Gang and the South End Gang marched in the streets carrying effigies of the Pope and the Devil.
- [The Rummage Sale Treasure Hunt](https://aknextphase.com/rummage-sale-treasure-hunt/) - I’m setting up the annual rummage sale for the First Parish of Sudbury. This fund-raiser, run by the Women’s Alliance, brings in donations of all kinds.
- [The U.S. Senate Chamber on Columbia Point](https://aknextphase.com/u-s-senate-chamber-columbia-point/) - The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate, located on the end of Columbia Point, houses the only full-scale representation of the Senate Chamber.
- [Halloween's Giant Skeletons in the Yard](https://aknextphase.com/halloweens-giant-skeletons-yard/) - These plastic skeletons fascinate me because people have actually uncovered real giant skeletons around the world as well as here in the U.S. for centuries.
- [Clouds, Asteroids, and Pyroclastic Flows](https://aknextphase.com/clouds-asteroids-and-pyroclastic-flows/) - As I have noted before, approaching asteroids make me feel like Planet Earth has wandered into the debris field from what the Death Star did to Alderaan.
- [Are You Poisoning Your Microbiome?](https://aknextphase.com/are-you-poisoning-your-microbiome/) - Scientists find that a strong and diversified microbiome is more important to our overall health and longevity than anyone expected.
- [Eating Well in Montreal](https://aknextphase.com/eating-well-in-montreal/) - There are many wonderful restaurants in Montreal that we didn’t have time to sample. But if you’re going to the city, you can put these two on your agenda
- [Singers Who Cannot Sing](https://aknextphase.com/singers-who-cannot-sing/) - I have noticed a trend that makes me like the current crop of music less and less. To be blunt, it's about the number of singers who cannot sing.
- [C is for Chocolate Chip Cookies](https://aknextphase.com/chocolate-chip-cookies/) - I've had a life-long affair with cookies. Ingredients, flavor combinations, even the science behind the recipes fascinate me.
- [The Spring Sugar Rush](https://aknextphase.com/spring-sugar-rush/) - I start thinking about Easter desserts and the upcoming baby shower I am planning and my mind locks on the sugar rush of baking.
- [Halloween and the Sugar Monster](https://aknextphase.com/halloween-sugar-monster/) - Americans have enthusiastically consumed more and more sugar in everything they ate, drank, and chewed, even the foods they had been told were good for them.
- [Executive Compensation and Bad Decisions](https://aknextphase.com/executive-compensation-bad-decisions/) - The recent logo-change upheaval at Cracker Barrel has brought to mind executive compensation. As in, who deserves mega bucks and why.
- [HallowThanksMas](https://aknextphase.com/hallowthanksmas/) - Retailers have taken the year's last three holidays and created a mash up called HallowThanksMas. The special seasons after the back-to-school rush are gone.
- [Finding the Human Workplace](https://aknextphase.com/human-workplace/) - In today’s job market, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to find a human workplace. As a job seeker I asked myself if a truly human workplace was possible.
- [Chocolate and Corporate Culture](https://aknextphase.com/chocolate-corporate-culture/) - Companies have personalities, just like people. In the corporate world the company personality, and therefore its culture, is a reflection of its leadership.
- [When the Pay Gap Hits You](https://aknextphase.com/when-the-pay-gap-hits-you/) - This pay gap affects not only how much money you have to live on now, but how much you will have when you retire.
- [Academic View of Labor Force Participation](https://aknextphase.com/academic-view-of-labor-force-participation/) - Only 53.2% of Americans 16 or older are participating in the labor force, which, while up a bit in March, is down substantially since 2000.”
- [Age Doesn’t Matter, Ageism Does](https://aknextphase.com/age-doesnt-matter-ageism-does/) - In prior years I have encouraged job seekers to counter ageism by altering their appearance. This is easier with women than with men.
- [Do You Know Where Your Data Went?](https://aknextphase.com/know-data-went/) - I spent many years marketing computer, network and data security products and I know that personal information is valuable. So do you know where your data went?
- [Cultural Sensitivity—a 1-Way Street?](https://aknextphase.com/cultural-sensitivity/) - When I was responsible for worldwide corporate advertising at Prime Computer, a global technology company. Cultural sensitivity was an issue.
- [Don’t Stop Learning](https://aknextphase.com/dont-stop-learning/) - Keep moving, keep learning, think ahead and stay current. Don't stop learning about tomorrow. Stay ahead of the curve.
- [Give Yourself a Time Out](https://aknextphase.com/time-out/) - When I lost my job last year I made a conscious decision to give myself a Time Out. Not time off, but a real break from all things employment related.
- [Marketing Creativity Part 2: The Suits](https://aknextphase.com/marketing-creativity-part-2-suits/) - The funny thing was that the Suits did not really understand the target audience that they were addressing with their marketing programs.
- [Creativity in Marketing Part 3: The Engineers](https://aknextphase.com/creativity-marketing-part-3-engineers/) - Following on the previous two posts about Creativity in Advertising and Creativity in Marketing, Part 2, here’s Part 3: The Engineers.
- [Seven Ways to Become a Writer](https://aknextphase.com/seven-ways-become-writer/) - Some of these wanna-be authors would ask me for advice on how to proceed in becoming a writer and these are the seven things I told them:
- [Clam Cakes Are Not Like Crab Cakes](https://aknextphase.com/clam-cakes-not-like-crab-cakes/) - Clam cakes, more like clam fritters, are a regional specialty. You will find them only in Rhode Island and along the South Coast of Massachusetts.
- [Casual Drinking on TV](https://aknextphase.com/casual-drinking-tv-much/) - I don’t have to ask what kind of message casual drinking gives because it’s obviously a bad message on a number of fronts. It says that drinking hard liquor is:
- [The Republic of Pinterest  ](https://aknextphase.com/republic-pinterest/) - Pinterest is one of the fastest growing social networks, coming in at number three behind Facebook and Twitter. Pin It has taken its rightful place.
- [How "Do More With Less" Began](https://aknextphase.com/how-do-more-with-less-began/) - Do more with less is the inevitable result. If the company is small and running on a shoestring, this seems to be the only option. It’s not really.
- [The Future of Work](https://aknextphase.com/future-of-work/) - Others predict a future in which work is done by machines, applications, mechanical things, digital assistants, software agents, robo-bosses and the cloud.
- [Executive Excuses for Financial Flops](https://aknextphase.com/executive-excuses-financial-flops/) - Executive excuses are creative: rabbits get pulled out of hats, red herrings are waved, scapegoats are staked out, and bear markets are held up.
- [The Dangers of Data Mining](https://aknextphase.com/dangers-data-mining/) - Here’s a more relatable definition: Data mining is a multi-billion dollar industry that collects and sells every personal and behavioral detail of your life.
- [Half Washed or Half Dressed](https://aknextphase.com/half-washed-or-half-dressed/) - Are young people currently half washed or half dressed? Do we believe what we see on the streets or on the TV? We've gone way beyond Casual Friday.
- [Spinning a PR Nightmare](https://aknextphase.com/spinning-a-pr-nightmare/) - Once there was no such thing as Bad PR; but today those on the receiving end would disagree. The viral power of media shaming and sharing has ended that one.
- [Data Breaches: No Longer If But When](https://aknextphase.com/data-breaches-no-longer-if-but-when/) - Data breaches are the intentional or unintentional release of secure, private or confidential information to a non-secure or unverified environment.
- [Gender Privilege: Two Stories and the Grammys](https://aknextphase.com/gender-privilege-two-stories-grammys/) - Gender privilege means men don’t have to think about stuff that has a big impact on women. Huge obstacles for women barely make a bump for men.
- [Roundup of November-December 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-november-december-2018-posts/) - Okay, so I’m starting the New Year by looking backwards--and not just with the monthly roundup of posts on The Next Phase Blog.
- [Roundup of October 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-october-2018-posts/) - October has ended and here is the monthly Roundup of October 2018 Posts. Halloween is behind us and both Election Day and Thanksgiving loom ahead.
- [Roundup of September 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-september-2018-posts/) - I'm happy to report that The Next Phase Blog is growing with more page views every month. Here is the roundup of September 2018 posts.
- [Roundup of August 2018 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-august-2018-posts/) - Today is the first day of September. Summer camp is over. School is in. Here’s the regular roundup of August 2018 posts on The Next Phase Blog.
- [Cracker Barrel's Logo Crackup](https://aknextphase.com/cracker-barrel-logo/) - The Cracker Barrel chain of restaurants and stores changed their logo to update and modernize it. Customers did not like the new logo one bit.
- [Roundup of July 2021 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-july-2021-posts/) - If you’re in one of the world’s hot spots, find a cool place and use this roundup of July 2021 posts to catch up with our musings.
- [Roundup of August 2021 Posts](https://aknextphase.com/roundup-of-august-2021-posts/) - Moving on, here’s the roundup of August 2021 posts on The Next Phase Blog. Suze missed a couple of Mondays because she was on vacation
- [We Are All Boston Strong](https://aknextphase.com/we-are-all-boston-strong/) - But it’s not just the people of Boston and not just the people of Massachusetts who were saying we are all Boston Strong. It was college students, too.
- [The Butler Serves Up a Superb Film](https://aknextphase.com/butler-serves-up-superb-film/) - Lee Daniels’s The Butler is not an art movie. It is a movie about American history—the bad and good parts, its changes, growth, mistakes, and victories.
- [A History of Swearing](https://aknextphase.com/history-swearing/) - It has ceased to be bad language and has simply become language. I’m talking about swearing. Once, swearing out loud was used as emotional punctuation.
- [Gravity:  To See It Is to Be In Space](https://aknextphase.com/gravity-movie/) - You will leave the theater after seeing Gravity thinking that you have been in space. You have been weightless. You have looked down at the Earth from orbit.
- [Boston By Foot Docents Know](https://aknextphase.com/boston-by-foot-docents-know/) - With my first training class to be a Boston By Foot docent coming up next month, I have delved into their advance reading list.
- [The Rise of the Karens](https://aknextphase.com/the-rise-of-the-karens/) - All of this gives real-life Karens an unfair prejudice, making them the butt of an internet trend. But where did it all begin?
- [Social Media and Divisive Politics](https://aknextphase.com/social-media-divisive-politics/) - Social media is now a toxic accelerant for anyone wanting to start a fire. Social media turns even the most respectful political participants into an angry mob.
- [The Vice President: Role and Gender](https://aknextphase.com/vice-president-role-gender/) - Kamala Harris will take time to chart her own course as Vice President. She may make appearances of interest to women in general and Black women in particular.
- [The Friends Connection](https://aknextphase.com/the-friends-connection/) - One new friend shared that she never thought she would make new friends after she moved. We found ourselves laughing; admitting we all feared the same thing.
- [We Are Stardust, We Are Plastic](https://aknextphase.com/we-are-stardust-we-are-plastic/) - Human beings have left their mark on Planet Earth by spreading plastic everywhere. No wilderness is too remote to have been spared plastic pollution.
- [Simple Home Energy Updates](https://aknextphase.com/simple-home-energy-updates/) - According to the U.S. Department of Energy, American homeowners can save 30% on monthly energy bills when they make efficient energy upgrades to their homes
- [Your Vote Matters](https://aknextphase.com/your-vote-matters/) - The most important thing you can do in this election is show up to vote. Do not let anyone prevent you, discourage you or stand in your way.
- [The Whole Box of Crayons](https://aknextphase.com/whole-box-of-crayons/) - A fresh box of crayons—no matter how many—comes without any restrictions on how to use them. Kids see the world in living color; we are all born that way.
- [How Republicans Beat Democrats with Marketing](https://aknextphase.com/how-republicans-beat-democrats-with-marketing/) - They are people who spent years and a lot of money becoming experts in their field. And that’s exactly why Republicans don’t like them.
- [A Reverse Deportation](https://aknextphase.com/reverse-deportation/) - From 1755 to 1764, Canada's British government expelled thousands of French-speaking citizens in a form of ethnic cleansing they called the Great Deportation.
- [Día de los Muertos: Day of the Dead](https://aknextphase.com/dia-los-muertos-day-dead/) - In Mexico, Day of the Dead is festive. The celebration lasts several days, incorporating ancient beliefs honoring loved ones and the loop of life and death
- [Meditation in a Grocery Store](https://aknextphase.com/meditation-grocery-store/) - Exploring a new grocery store is a calming (but also exciting) experience that opens up endless possibilities. It can be an opportunity to practice mindfulness.
- [The Real Gifts of Christmas](https://aknextphase.com/real-gifts-of-christmas/) - Christmas comes with high expectations that are difficult to live up to. It’s easy to overload our emotions with pressures, not to mention resolutions.
- [Anam ĊARA: Soul Friend](https://aknextphase.com/anam-cara-soul-friend/) - In the early Celtic church, a person who acted as a teacher, companion, or spiritual guide was called an Anam CARA: one who knows your truest self.
- [December: Lost and Found](https://aknextphase.com/december-lost-and-found/) - December has always been my favorite time of year. Instead of celebrating, I search for the holiday spirit in the midst of a Coronavirus Christmas.
- [The In-Home Dinners Lost to Covid-19](https://aknextphase.com/the-in-home-dinners-lost-covid-19/) - Every year at this time, the First Parish of Sudbury, holds “In-Home Dinners.” These consist of small groups sharing a collaborative meal and conversation.
- [Boston Photos: Outtakes from the Archives](https://aknextphase.com/boston-photos-outtakes-from-the-archives/) - The photos in this post are of colors or angles I found interesting and details that intrigued me but they didn’t end up appearing on The Next Phase Blog.
- [The Impeachment Process Explained](https://aknextphase.com/impeachment-process-explained/) - The United States is conducting impeachment proceedings against the President of the United States and it’s playing out in a media-driven environment.
- [The Black Friday Effect](https://aknextphase.com/black-friday-effect/) - Stores create instant chaos and desperation rears its head when thousands of people fight over limited inventory. It’s called the Black Friday Effect.
- [The Rise of the Boring Hero](https://aknextphase.com/rise-boring-hero/) - Roy McBride doesn’t engage with other people, the world around him, or even danger so we can’t engage with him. He’s a Boring Hero.
- [Baking Zen:  Sugar ~ Butter ~ Flour](https://aknextphase.com/baking-zen-sugar-butter-flour/) - Baking is therapeutic. It allows me to disconnect from whatever is pressing down on me and focus on a single, joyful task.
- [Heart Disease: The Lady Killer](https://aknextphase.com/heart-disease-lady-killer/) - Heart disease is controllable and even reversible when you understand the risks. Take daily steps to keep your heart healthy and fight the lady killer.
- [On My Mind: March 2021](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-march-2021/) - We’re one quarter of the way through 2021 and a lot has happened since we rang in the new yea r. Here's what's on my mind this March.
- [On My Mind: July 2021](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-july-2021/) - July 2021 approaches and summer is upon us. What better time to reinvent ourselves as the world opens up and invites us out to play. Here's what's on my mind.
- [On My Mind: September 2022](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-september-2022/) - Here's what's on my mind for books to read, things to watch and music to appreciate. May you enjoy them as well.
- [On My Mind:  October 2021](https://aknextphase.com/on-my-mind-october-2021/) - I’m doing my best to remain positive in anticipation of 2022, but there’s a lot on my mind as we enter the 2021 home stretch.
- [The Tour Season Is Over with Boston By Foot](https://aknextphase.com/tour-season-over-boston-by-foot/) - My first tour season as a docent for Boston By Foot wrapped up and I enjoyed every minute of it. Now that the tour season is over, there’s still a lot to do
- [The Boston Lobster Tour](https://aknextphase.com/boston-lobster-tour/) - The Boston Lobster Tour wasn't anywhere near as informative as Boston by Foot’s Architecture Cruise because it was focused on the lobster experience.
- [Tourists: Ambassadors Abroad](https://aknextphase.com/tourists-ambassadors-abroad/) - A recent poll rating the rude behavior of tourists, Travelzoo gives high honors to Americans, finding our behavior away from home the worst overall.
- [A Not-So-Spooky Tour at King's Chapel](https://aknextphase.com/not-spooky-tour-kings-chapel/) - First I looked on the King’s Chapel website to find the times of their Bell and Bones Tour. Check. I left the house on time. Check.
- [Everyone Was Dancing in Tournon sur Rhône](https://aknextphase.com/everyone-dancing-tournon-sur-rhone/) - In Tournon sur Rhône, they were all dancing in a ring. People jumped in, danced for a while, and were replaced by others. Some people stayed and kept dancing.
- [On My Mind Christmas 2021: The Farewell Tour](https://aknextphase.com/farewell-tour-on-my-mind/) - Despite my farewell tour, I won’t completely retire because as everyone knows, there is always something on my mind! I look forward to guest appearances. .
- [Men Behaving Badly: Here We Go Again](https://aknextphase.com/men-behaving-badly-here-we-go-again/) - Do they never learn? Do we never learn? Regardless of everything we have learned, men behaving badly just keeps hitting the news.
- [Things My Mother Taught Me](https://aknextphase.com/things-my-mother-taught-me/) - Let it go. his is perhaps the most poignant lesson. I did not learn it because my mother modeled it, I learned it because she could not do it.
- [Why It's Important to Back Up Your Computer](https://aknextphase.com/why-its-important-to-back-up-your-computer/) - I back up my computer every morning onto a Seagate back-up drive and I could have worked from that. I just didn’t want to break my routine.
- [Things Change](https://aknextphase.com/things-change/) - Forced change is never easy. We feel helpless when we are not in control. Despite their upfront sting, involuntary job changes sometimes reveal hidden benefits.
- [The Power of One and Garbology](https://aknextphase.com/power-of-one-garbology/) - So the book and I sat down one night and I began to read Garbology, Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash, by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Edward Humes.
- [The Met’s American Wing Flies High](https://aknextphase.com/mets-american-wing/) - Upstairs, we found the Met's new American Wing and spent the entire afternoon going through room after room of the 75 galleries
- [IBM and Mummified Hamburger](https://aknextphase.com/ibm-and-mummified-hamburger/) - First is the Wall Street Journal story about IBM Q1 earnings and CEO Virginia Rometty’s “pep talk” letter to her employees:
- [Bread and Pickles on the Lower East Side](https://aknextphase.com/bread-pickles-lower-east-side/) - On Essex Street, we stopped at the even smaller store run by The Pickle Guys. This tiny space is crowded with barrels that are filled with pickles.
- [Branding, Messaging and Colin Kaepernick](https://aknextphase.com/branding-messaging-and-colin-kaepernick/) - When I scroll through social media, I see messages that indicate most people don’t really understand the difference between messaging and branding.
- [Life Lessons: What Tragedy Teaches Us](https://aknextphase.com/life-lessons-what-tragedy-teaches-us/) - This is the harsh reality of any tragedy. It arrives when we least expect it and catches us unprepared. Truth comes with a hard slap, a reminder of mortality.
- [Heroes Among Us](https://aknextphase.com/heroes-among-us/) - It takes a pandemic to remind us of the heroes among us. They are everyday people; the ones we rely on to keep our lives running smoothly.
- [2021:  A Better Year Ahead](https://aknextphase.com/2021-a-better-year-ahead/) - Cynics say it won’t be hard to improve upon 2020. They might be right because it was a year that paralyzed the world. Everyone is ready for a better year ahead.
- [New Year's Resolutions](https://aknextphase.com/new-years-resolutions/) - According to studies, eight out of ten new year’s resolutions fail. Why? Because changing behavior is hard and most people go about it the wrong way.
- [Phishing: Don't Take the Bait!](https://aknextphase.com/phishing-dont-take-the-bait/) - It’s called Phishing and it serves only one purpose: to collect, use and profit from your personal information. Resist the temptation and move along.
- [Wisconsin Supper Clubs:  A Culinary Tradition](https://aknextphase.com/wisconsin-supper-clubs/) - Suppers clubs share common traits; boasting multi-generational owners who live on the premises, working as chefs, bartenders and waitstaff.
- [A Week in Sunny Montreal](https://aknextphase.com/week-in-montreal/) - Our tour of Montreal began at the Basilica of Notre Dame, a large church in old Montreal's Place d'Armes, and continued along Rue St. Paul
- [BRAT and Proud](https://aknextphase.com/brat-proud/) - BRAT is a term used to describe children of active-duty U.S. military personnel but it it also an acronym with British origins. We wear the label proudly.
- [Halloween Should Be Kids' Night Out](https://aknextphase.com/halloween-kids-night/) - Halloween is supposed to be a spooky experience in which kids can go out after dark—sometimes on a school night—and extort candy from total strangers.
- [What Matters Most](https://aknextphase.com/what-matters-most/) - I hope some of you reading this post are much younger than 50 because what matters to you now is not what will matter when you are my age.
- [Lessons I Learned on the Comet](https://aknextphase.com/lessons-i-learned-comet/) - Like all wooden roller coasters, the Comet made a lot of noise: the click-click of the train climbing the lift hill, the thunder of the cars as they dropped.
- [Eat Breakfast!](https://aknextphase.com/eat-breakfast/) - A healthy breakfast is linked to benefits that include a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes and obesity and increased mental agility and physical endurance.
- [Update: Violence Affects Tourism](https://aknextphase.com/violence-affects-tourism/) - Tourism can be the canary in the coal mine of economic distress. And a government ignores the well-being of its own people at its own risk.
- [Following the Money to Grand Cayman](https://aknextphase.com/following-the-money-to-grand-cayman/) - We had a week of our Marriott Vacation Club membership to use up and decided to take it on Grand Cayman Island
- [Can We Still Slip the Surly Bonds of Earth?](https://aknextphase.com/slip-surly-bonds-earth-space/) - We are now more tied by the surly bonds of Earth that we have been since Lt. Commander Scott Carpenter orbited Earth 52 years ago.
- [The Lost Art of Letter Writing](https://aknextphase.com/letter-writing/) - I worry that letter writing has gone out of style. The proliferation of computers, mobile devices and cloud services has usurped the hand written communication.
- [New Thinking on Food and Health](https://aknextphase.com/food-nutrition/) - I hope someday we complete enough studies to understand the impact of food on our bodies. Until then, pay attention to what you eat and how it makes you feel.
- [Creativity in Marketing Part 4: If Not Them, Who?](https://aknextphase.com/creativity-marketing-part-4/) - So who would put his marketing job on the line if he doesn't have to? Who would risk getting shown the door, even if he has a golden parachute in his contract?
- [Checkup on MERS Coronavirus](https://aknextphase.com/mers-coronavirus/) - In July I reported on the appearance of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS) in Saudi Arabia and the possibility of its spread worldwide
- [Zombie Cold, Coyote Nights](https://aknextphase.com/zombie-cold-coyote-nights/) - Saturday night at 2 am, I was sitting in the living room sipping a cup of tea to help me breathe and listening to the coyotes howling in the woods
- [Fannie Farmer: A New England Thanksgiving](https://aknextphase.com/fannie-farmer-new-england-thanksgiving/) - For those who like to cook, Fannie Farmer was the mother of us all. She may have produced enough food for an army but she did it all with common ingredients.
- [A Thanksgiving Post with All the Fixings](https://aknextphase.com/thanksgiving-post-all-fixings/) - In lieu of writing a new post, I have collected all the posts Susanne and I have written about Thanksgiving over the years. We have published quite a few.
- [Six Tips for Embracing Your Age](https://aknextphase.com/six-tips-for-embracing-your-age/) - To some people age is a number. To me, it is who I am today as well as the journey that brought me here. I can’t change the day I was born but I can embrace it.
- [Where Have All the Flours Gone?](https://aknextphase.com/where-have-all-the-flours-gone/) - But unexpected items like flour and yeast vaporized with everything else. Shoppers stared at empty shelves asking, “where have all the flours gone?”
- [The Pandemic Watchlist: Part Two](https://aknextphase.com/pandemic-watchlist-part-two/) - This leads to some creativity when it comes to watching something while we work on a jigsaw puzzle. But I can always put together a watchlist.
- [Join Me on a Virtual Viking Vacation for 2020](https://aknextphase.com/join-me-on-a-virtual-viking-vacation-for-2020/) - So, today I’m going to take you on a virtual Viking vacation. Here’s a collection of some of my travel posts, which I have grouped according to my own themes.
- [Why French Children Eat Better Than Americans](https://aknextphase.com/french-children-eat-better-than-americans/) - This is part of the French belief that eating well can be taught, and they apply it to all schoolchildren across the country.
- [Pandemic Watchlist: Version 7](https://aknextphase.com/pandemic-watchlist-version-7/) - Moving on to the Version 7 of my regular Pandemic Watchlist, I’m happy to report that more new and enjoyable shows have emerged in the past few weeks.
- [The Macaron Project – Part 2](https://aknextphase.com/macaron-project-part-2/) - A lot of macaron dogma is the result of someone telling you to do something exactly so…or else. Some of that dogma is based on fact, but some of it is hype.
- [The Macaron Project:  Part One](https://aknextphase.com/macaron-project-part-one/) - The macaron was introduced by the chef of the de Medici family in 1533. It was then brought to France when Catherine de Medici married the Duc d'Orleans.
- [The Shadow of Black Friday](https://aknextphase.com/shadow-black-friday/) - On Black Friday I will inhale the sweet smell of orange and the earthy scents of clove and cardamom as mulled wine simmers on the stove.
- [Baking My Way to Weight Gain in Winter](https://aknextphase.com/baking-weight-gain-winter/) - Baking in a cozy kitchen keeps you warm, too, as does kneading biscuit dough and mixing chopped nuts into a bowlful of sticky batter.
- [Tracking Project 2025](https://aknextphase.com/tracking-project-2025/) - Number 47 has been in office for half a year and in that time, he and his handlers have forged ahead and achieved nearly 50 per cent of the Project 2025 goals.
- [When Johnny Comes Marching Home](https://aknextphase.com/when-johnny-comes-marching-home/) - When Johnny comes marching home, the very least a grateful nation should do is support the troops with the medical benefits and care they need.
- [Denying Mental Illness](https://aknextphase.com/denying-mental-illness/) - Resources for treatment of mental illness in America have been declining since 1963, two years after a joint commission recommended mainstreaming them.
- [The Next Phase Blog Hits 5000 Page Views](https://aknextphase.com/next-phase-blog-hits-5000-page-views/) - Over the Independence Day weekend, The Next Phase blog hit 5,000 page views for 98 posts—the total since the first post went live on January 23.
- [The Silver Tsunami Hits the Silver Ceiling](https://aknextphase.com/the-silver-tsunami-hits-the-silver-ceiling-2/) - It’s time to call this what it really is: the Silver Ceiling (#silverceiling). This is the age when your chances of finding another job become vanishingly rare.
- [Thirty Days of Thankfulness](https://aknextphase.com/thirty-days-of-thankfulness/) - This brings me to my idea for Thirty Days of Thankfulness, because if seven days is good, thirty days is better.
- [Eat Dessert First](https://aknextphase.com/eat-dessert-first/) - In between childhood and adulthood we learned to play by the rules and the rules say dessert comes last. But we can eat dessert first if we want to.
- [Cooking From the Pantry](https://aknextphase.com/cooking-pantry/) - Instant gratification at the checkout often results in forgetting the food i’s in the pantry after it has been put away.
- [Not Your Wiley Coyotes](https://aknextphase.com/not-your-wiley-coyotes/) - On their migration east, by way of Canada, the Western Coyotes hooked up with Eastern Wolves (canis lycaon) to produce a new breed of canine predator.
- [The Mentally Ill and Danger](https://aknextphase.com/mentally-ill-tragedies/) - There are few places in the U.S. where the mentally ill can be treated in a medical/psychiatric facility that removes them from society and protects them.
- [Hiring at 50+: H-1B Visa Hype](https://aknextphase.com/hiring-50-h1b-visa-hype/) - The motive is to increase company profits by using young, low-paid immigrants instead of hiring competent and qualified American candidates of any age.
- [The Ghosts of Employment Past](https://aknextphase.com/ghosts-employment/) - Only when supply and demand are more balanced, giving workers some real bargaining power, do employment, wages and working conditions improve.
- [The Largest Minority in the World: The Disabled](https://aknextphase.com/disabled-largest-world-minority-population/) - Advocacy for the disabled is less than it should be, primarily because people are unaware of the depth and breadth of this community and their needs.
- [Tongue in Cheek with Automation and Jobs](https://aknextphase.com/tongue-cheek-automation-jobs/) - I have noted a new technological development -- automation through AI, robots, and kiosks -- and warned that it has the power to disrupt the American economy.
- [Is the U.S. Doing Enough to Support Veterans?](https://aknextphase.com/support-veterans/) - A survey into Americans' attitudes towards government support of veterans found that health care was the main area people believe needs improvement.
- [Holding On and Letting Go](https://aknextphase.com/holding-on-letting-go/) - My letting go journey began with a Moment of Gratitude. This short Ted Talk film by cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg elevates the natural gifts of time and wonder.
- [Anatomy of a Cult](https://aknextphase.com/anatomy-of-a-cult/) - It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

## Pages

- [My Life List of Art Museums](https://aknextphase.com/about-the-bloggers/about-aline-kaplan/art-museums/) - I maintain a list of art museums I have visited, either alone or with family members. It’s an impressive list so far and one that I add to whenever possible.
- [2026 GREATER BOSTON SPECIAL EVENT LIST](https://aknextphase.com/2026-greater-boston-special-event-list/) - 2026 GREATER BOSTON SPECIAL EVENT LIST: Here are those events that can impact traffic flow and access routes while on tour.
- [Posts About Boston](https://aknextphase.com/posts-about-boston/) - To make it easier for readers of The Next Phase to access all the posts in one place, here's a summary of posts about Boston plus two series.
- [About Aline Kaplan](https://aknextphase.com/about-the-bloggers/about-aline-kaplan/) - If you have been reading The Next Phase blog, you may be interested in more information about Aline (Boucher) Kaplan, its founder and principal blogger. Here is a professional bio with links to other sites. Writing and Publishing I have been writing science fiction since 1980 under a pen name that includes my maiden name:
- [Movies About Food](https://aknextphase.com/movies-about/movies-about-food/) - If you like to binge watch, movies about food give you something nourishing to binge on with worrying about calories. Here is a list, in alphabetical order, of 20 movies about food and wine as well as movies that have some great food scenes. I have seen some, but not all, of these films. A
- [Guide to Sponsored Posts](https://aknextphase.com/contact/guide-to-sponsored-posts/) - I do accept sponsored posts for The Next Phase Blog but I have several terms. Plese review the terms carefully before sending a proposal. Publication Terms for Sponsored Posts The post must be: Well written with accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation. Posts that do not meet these criteria or that sound like the author has
- [Contact](https://aknextphase.com/contact/) - Contact Aline Kaplan at: Email: alinekaplan@comcast.net alinemkaplan@gmail.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alinekaplan/ Twitter: AlineKaplan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aline.kaplan.7
- [Facebook Demo](https://aknextphase.com/facebook-demo/) - [efb_feed fanpage_id="617177998743210" show_like_box="1" post_number="10" cache_unit="5" cache_duration="days" skin_id=12430 ] This is a Facebook demo page created by plugin automatically. Please do not delete to make the plugin work properly.
- [About the Bloggers](https://aknextphase.com/about-the-bloggers/) - When reading The Next Phase Blog, you will notice that some have no byline while others have bylines with different names. Simple explanation: most of the posts are written by two people but other contributors send in occasional contributions. Aline Kaplan founded The Next Phase Blog and remains the principal writer. Susanne Skinner writes a
- [About Susanne Skinner](https://aknextphase.com/about-the-bloggers/about-susanne-skinner/) - About Susanne Skinner Susanne is The Next Phase blog's regular Monday author. She writes on a variety of topics from business to French macarons. If you like her posts, here is more detailed information about Susanne Skinner: Professional Background In 2018, my husband Alan and I made the decision to put our beloved farmhouse on
- [Movies About Survival](https://aknextphase.com/movies-about/movies-about-survival/) - If you’re in the mood to binge watch movies about survival while sitting on a comfy sofa in a warm room eating chips and drinking beer, here’s the list to choose from. Just pick your environment: mountains, ocean, desert, jungle, outer space or alien planet. Cross reference by disaster: weather, plane crash, boat capsizing, science expedition, adventuring,
- [Short Stories](https://aknextphase.com/short-stories/) - I have decided to put some of my published short stories on the web site for everyone to read. I may even add some of the unpublished ones that are unlikely to find an audience. My stories cover a range of subjects. Some are science fiction, some are ghost stories and some are horror. I
- [The Broadcast Circle](https://aknextphase.com/short-stories/the-broadcast-circle/) - THE BROADCAST CIRCLE By Aline Boucher Kaplan This story was published in "Ghosts: An Anthology of Horror from the Beyond," edited by David Tyson, May 2015 I was driving fast down the twisty back road, trying to get home before midnight, when the woman ran out of the darkening woods and into my headlights. Abandoning the
- [Elf Hill -- Part 2](https://aknextphase.com/short-stories/woodcutter-elf-hill-part-2/) - THE WOODCUTTER AND ELF HILL – PART 2 By Aline Boucher Kaplan (Unpublished) Harno sat upright, listening. A sound that he had become accustomed to, a sound that vibrated in his bones, had gone silent. He tried to remember what it was but it drifted away from his memory like the last wispy remnants
- ["Voices in the Dark"](https://aknextphase.com/short-stories/voices-in-the-dark/) - Voices in the Dark by Aline Boucher Kaplan Published in Manifest West’s anthology, “Western Weird.” Edited by Mark Todd, Western Press Books, October 2015. I could tell from the sound of her footsteps on the stairs that the Duchess was in a bad way. The steps were light, as she was a small woman, but
- [Elf Hill](https://aknextphase.com/short-stories/elf-hill/) - ELF HILL By Aline Boucher Kaplan Published in "Magical: An Anthology of Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and Other Magical Fiction for Adults" Edited by Kelly Ann Jacobson, November 2014 Harno hefted his axe and moved cautiously up the hill as dusk crept through Eythorne Wood. The forest was silent. Creatures that should have been settling with May’s
- [Why I Blog](https://aknextphase.com/about-the-bloggers/about-aline-kaplan/why-i-blog/) - But that doesn't answer the question of why I blog. When I started The Next Phase, a friend asked me why I had decided to write such a thing. The answer was that I have a lot of opinions and I'm interested in a lot of things.
- [Movies About . . .](https://aknextphase.com/movies-about/) - We all have likes and dislikes, preferences and antipathies, things that make our eyes light up and quicken our pulse. I like movies and we see a lot of them. Sometimes I realize that I really enjoy movies about a particular subject. I have created a couple of lists of movies on two of the the

## Categories

- [Health & Safety](https://aknextphase.com/category/health-safety/) - News and opinions about developments in physical and mental health.
- [Movies](https://aknextphase.com/category/entertainment/movies/) - Movie reviews, news about movies, references to movies, quotes from movies.
- [Books](https://aknextphase.com/category/entertainment/books/) - Reviews of books, comments about books, references to books.
- [Business](https://aknextphase.com/category/business/) - Posts about business events, companies, professional behavior, etc.
- [Boston](https://aknextphase.com/category/boston/) - News about Boston, historical events, Boston by Foot tours.
- [Science Fiction](https://aknextphase.com/category/entertainment/science-fiction/) - News and opinions about science fiction writing, TV shows and movies.
- [Lifestyle & Culture](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/) - Information and opinions about lifestyles and cultural issues.
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- [Entertainment](https://aknextphase.com/category/entertainment/) - Movies, TV, Books
- [Boston By Foot](https://aknextphase.com/category/boston/bostonbyfoot/) - News and information about Boston by Foot and my tours.
- [History](https://aknextphase.com/category/boston/history/) - News and opinions about historical events.
- [Language and Writing](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/language/) - Writing tips and articles about misuse and proper use of the English language.
- [Food and Cooking](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/foodandbeverage/) - Posts about food and eating
- [Technology](https://aknextphase.com/category/business/technology/) - Posts about technology, hardware, software, social media.
- [Animals](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/animals/) - Posts about domestic animals, wildlife, scientific discoveries.
- [Susanne Skinner](https://aknextphase.com/category/guest-authors/susanne-skinner/)
- [Guest Authors](https://aknextphase.com/category/guest-authors/)
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- [Art and Museums](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/art-and-museums/) - Posts about art, artists, and museums that I have visited
- [Friends and Family](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/friends-and-family/) - Posts about our experiences with our friends and memories of our families.
- [Seth Kaplan](https://aknextphase.com/category/guest-authors/seth-kaplan/)
- [Travel](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/travel/) - Posts about travel, vacations, work on the road
- [Spiritual](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/discussions-and-observation-on-spiritual-exploration/) - Discussions and observations about spiritual issues, ideas, and observations
- [Environment](https://aknextphase.com/category/environment/) - Posts about the environment, ecology, climate change and global warming.
- [Women Challenging Change](https://aknextphase.com/category/lifestyle-culture/women/) - Posts about women, women’s issues and challenges.
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