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Chas Lyons

America — After the Election

Both presidential candidates in America want to “save our democracy”.

Nov 2, 2024

Nov 2, 2024

Living with the Randomness of Life

“Life cannot be calculated. That’s the big mistake our civilization made. We never accepted that randomness is not a mistake in the…

Jun 9, 2024

Jun 9, 2024

Leaving Home at 18, Finding a Home at 78

When I was 18-years-old I left home.

May 15, 2024

May 15, 2024

The Parting Words of a Mentor and Friend: Why Do I Have to Leave?

There is a hollow place inside me as I write this latest essay — a feeling created by the passing of a mentor and friend who died suddenly…

Apr 13, 2024

Apr 13, 2024

The Importance of Knowing Your Story

After 50 years of work, mostly in the newspaper world, I retired as a newspaper executive for The Washington Post Company at the age of 66.

Mar 29, 2024

Mar 29, 2024

Unselfing Your “Self”

The man in the looking glass, who can he be? The man in the looking glass, can he possibly be me? Man in the looking glass, have no…

Feb 28, 2024

Feb 28, 2024

Acceptance, Resilience, and the Contradictions of Life

“It is far easier to see the gloom and decay; so often it sings a louder song. Attune our hearts to the good still stirring in our midst…

Jan 20, 2024

Jan 20, 2024

Where People Go To Die

It is Monday, before lunchtime, and I am sitting at the corner of a table that accommodates four residents in the large room of this…

Jun 4, 2023

Jun 4, 2023

In Search of Your “Original Self”?

Answer These Seven Questions

Apr 30, 2023

Apr 30, 2023

Contentment — A Bewildering Word for 2023

There is a small town named Hope that has little commercial activity but is kept alive by an elementary school, a library, a post office…

Jan 22, 2023

Jan 22, 2023

His One Single-Minded Purpose in Life: DO GOOD!

In the early days as publisher of a group of newspapers owned by the Washington Post Company, a community leader, Lon Dring, called and…

Nov 9, 2022

Nov 9, 2022

What To Do With All Of Those Thoughts…And The World Inside Us

A veteran of the Vietnam War was sharing what was happening in his life — a new job, working out at the fitness center, staying in touch…

Oct 13, 2022

What To Do With All Of Those Thoughts…And The World Inside Us

Oct 13, 2022

His Last Conversation

…And the Question That He Asked

Sep 9, 2022

His Last Conversation

Sep 9, 2022

Full Circle: What Happens When You Re-Connect with the First Love of Your Life?

This is a story in search of an ending.

May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022

The One Thing We Seek: To Be Alive

Shall We Dance?

Mar 30, 2022

Mar 30, 2022

Pursue Your Memories

Alzheimer’s Can Diminish. Trauma Can Repress. But, Understanding Our Memories Can Lead to Enlightenment, Healing, and Empowerment

Mar 3, 2022

Mar 3, 2022

My Word for 2022: Intentionality

An Enormous Undertaking. What Is Required?

Dec 30, 2021

My Word for 2022: Intentionality

Dec 30, 2021

A Lesson for the Season: Do All the Good You Can

Elizabeth Buzzelli, an author who lives in Northern Michigan, was driving in a thick fog one morning when she came upon a motionless loon…

Dec 23, 2021

A Lesson for the Season: Do All the Good You Can

Dec 23, 2021

I Chose One Word to Live By in 2021

Next, My Word for 2022

Dec 16, 2021

I Chose One Word to Live By in 2021

Dec 16, 2021

The Boys in the Boat

And Finding Your Rhythm in Life

Dec 11, 2021

The Boys in the Boat

Dec 11, 2021

Chas Lyons

Chas Lyons

Chas Lyons is a retired CEO and publisher of newspapers. He lives in Rhode Island where he enjoys writing, family, and escaping to a log cabin in Maine.

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