by Dr. Norris Frederick As you think about the coming year, or your life in general, are you an optimist or a pessimist? Is it better to be one rather than the other? Or…
“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just…
By Dr. Norris Frederick Have you ever wondered who you are? Have you had the experience, like the ones I’ve recently had, of looking at old photos of yourself or reading old letters from yourself…
by Dr. Norris Frederick Bottle Trees We took a trip to visit our friend Flo recently. She still lives independently, at age ninety-four, in her house, with the help of a community of friends and…
text and photography by Dr. Norris Frederick “The great point is that the possibilities are really here. The issue is decided nowhere else than here and now. That is what gives the palpitating reality to…
by Dr. Norris Frederick In the video clip [1], George Carlin asks with his inimitable humor, “That’s the whole meaning of life, isn’t it: trying to find a place to put your stuff?” In questioning…
David McKnight at the Durham Farmer’s Market, Sept. 2014. Photo by Bill Pope. By Dr. Norris Frederick Third and Final Part (part one is here and part two here) “In poverty, too, as in all…
By Dr. Norris Frederick Part Two In Part One (which you can read here), I wrote about my friendship with David McKnight, beginning in the mid-60’s with high school, where he was voted “Most Likely…
by Dr. Norris Frederick “No one would choose to live without friends, even if he had all the other good things.” – Aristotle[1] David McKnight 1966 high school yearbook Aristotle is right: who would want…
By Dr. Norris Frederick Second in a series After 28 years of attending and watching commencement exercises at Queens University of Charlotte, I’ve come to expect a certain routine of music, speeches, and the awarding…