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Posted by on Mar 5, 2022 in Blog, Politics | 0 comments

Russia-Ukraine Through a Much Closer Lens (Moldova)

 

 

Moldovan Television, the Chisinau-based network is basically on the *front lines* of a bloody war and quite possibly battling for its own survival.

I doubt many of you know much about Moldova, nor have even heard of it. I’d like to tell you more about Moldova, because it’s important and timely.

I’ve always been a news junkie, addicted to reading newspapers, absorbed by current events. But nothing quite prepared me for the stark contrast in the way international crises are reported than the previous few weeks of media coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The differences are jaw-dropping.

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Posted by on Feb 5, 2022 in Blog, Personal | 9 comments

Turning 60

 

 

Today is February 6, 2022 — my 60th birthday. I certainly look 60, but I feel 40, and I act 20.

Birthdays have no special significance to me. A birthday is just another day; and 60 is just a number — albeit, a higher number than I’m accustomed to writing on those annoying forms at the doctor’s office.

To me, age is just a state of mind. That is because we’re all polygons. Each one of us has multiple sides and dimensions to who we are. Yet many of us see each other in the shallowest, most incomplete terms. This is even true with people we think we know.  That’s unfortunate.  It’s one reason I’m sharing this with you.

Not a day goes by that I don’t learn something new.  When I’m really lucky, I learn something new about a family member or a friend.  It’s one thing to learn about history or famous people we’ve never met.  But gaining insights into someone closer is even more meaningful.  I think we need more of that.

As has become my annual ritual on this day, here are 60 facts and thoughts on who I am and where’s I’m now at on life’s journey:

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