Welcome to Transitions by The Book

Each evening when I sit down to write, I have something of a ritual that I go through to prepare for whatever I am to write about that particular day. It starts with opening the Transitions "dashboard" - better known…

It's that time again - the Winter Olympics are currently in the background while I am writing this evening. They are being held in Sochi, Russia and the games this first week have been a collection of highs, lows and…

The years come and go; and sometimes I forget to think about some of the things that were so important to me as a youngster in grammar school. I don't know about you, but tonight I was thinking about Mom…

Yesterday, TV anchor Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation and well known newsman, announced to the world that he was diagnosed with cancer last August during a trip to the Mayo Clinic. While the prognosis seems to be positive,…

It was one year ago today that Pope Benedict XVI unexpectedly announced his upcoming retirement from the papacy, effective February 28, 2013. For the first time in many centuries, since 1294 when Pope Celestine V stepped down from the office,…