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Communicating Love at a Distance

Published on January 7, 2012 By Buddy Hodges

Love is a “many splendored thing.” Love is best shared live and in person. Non-verbal communication enhances the whole experience. However, there are many situations in which lovers are not in the same location. Modern technology has provided many channels of communication to bridge the gaps.             The fact that True [...]

Relationships and Extended Family at Christmas

Published on December 19, 2010 By Buddy Hodges

Extended family gatherings used to be a hallmark of Christmas celebrations. Bel Mooney wrote a disturbing article in the Mail Online about the sad fact that millions of grandparents are left alone at Christmas.  Ms. Mooney lamented the fact that “The elderly are neglected by the very people to whom they gave the gift of [...]

Real Moments

Published on July 18, 2010 By Buddy Hodges

“Time is of the essence,” “Time is money,” “Time is life!” Each year we have over half a million minutes — about 50 million in a lifetime, but not all moments are equal. In fact most of the minutes in our lives are wasted! Pareto’s Law, the Law of the Vital Few and the Trivial [...]

Relationships in Camelot

Published on June 20, 2010 By Buddy Hodges

Relationships come in many varieties. All are important. Camelot, the movie or the play, dramatically demonstrates the dominant role that relationships play in life. The drama revolves around conflicts between marital loyalty, Platonic friendship (King Arthur and Sir Lancelot), military alliances (the “Round Table”),  sexual desire and romantic love (Lancelot and Queen Guinevere). The dream of the great [...]

Social Networking may Lead to Love

Published on June 19, 2010 By Buddy Hodges

Love begins with contact, online or offline. I have several personal friends who met strangers online, developed relationships, and have been happily married for a decade or more to persons they met online. One happy couple met playing cards online. Those relationships are worth a thousand other Facebook Friends. The key is that they turned [...]