Articles by Sharon McMahon

“The Good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.” – Vincent Lombardi “Everything can be taken from a man but…

“The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” ― Tacitus This quote makes me wonder, just what is our desire for safety? In posing this question I…

“And there are lives in the balance …” – Jackson Browne, 1986 The word “balance” is a polysemous, or rather a word which has multiple meanings. My quote for this…

“People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance as long as they keep moving.” – Albert Einstein in a letter to his son Eduard, Feb. 5, 1930 Faithful readers,…

“A change is gonna come.” – Sam Cooke, 1964 While I am quite certain that Mr. Cooke was not referring to menopause in his famous lyrics, the truth of the…

“The more you know, the less you need.” – Australian Aborigine saying Recently I asked my readers (after all you are the reason for this column!) to weigh in on…

“They took all the trees put ’em in a tree museum / And they charged the people a dollar an’ a half just to see ’em” – Joni Mitchell, 1970…

“… never forget that writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things – childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents,…

“There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.” – Publilius Syrus There are few among us who do not understand that fresh fruits and vegetables provide…