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Is Hoping Worth the Effort?

By Jim Bauman May 17, 2023Life and Living, Opinions and EditorialsAI, Determination, Hope, Risk Assessment

Hope is a word we typically utter with the expectation of some outcome, usually a positive outcome, but not necessarily. It’s typically triggered by some actual or imagined threat. The hope is made with the prospect of reducing that threat.

Go North Old Man

By Jim Bauman May 10, 2023Life and LivingNewfoundland, Relocating, Retirement, West Virginia

The story of how I came to be for a while, maybe not long enough, in Newfoundland.

Who Am I to You?

By Jim Bauman May 10, 2023Life and Living, Opinions and EditorialsBigotry, Labels, Naming, Politics, Psycholinguistics

There is a pervasive tendency to label people we don’t like for some reason that offends us. Many labels are pejorative, meant not just to describe, but to tar.

Straight Father and Gay Son

By Jim Bauman April 17, 2023Life and LivingCatholic Church, Family, LGBTQ, Masculinity, Parenting

Fathers raise their sons with their own idea of how they will turn out. Straight fathers often don't realize their sons may be gay. This can put a strain on what it means to love and be loved.

Thwarted Ambition

By Jim Bauman April 8, 2023Life and LivingAmbition, Career Change, Choices, Disappointment, Family HIstory

The briefest history of me voluntarily or being forced to change career directions.

Gay and Out In Very Red West Virginia

By Jim Bauman April 8, 2023Life and LivingAppalachia, Equality, LGBTQ hate, Rural America, West Virginia

A positive piece about how West Virginia is not as hateful to LGBTQ people as states farther to the south.