I was sitting at my desk checking messages on my phone when my chair started shaking. At first, I thought my chair was wobbly but the shaking was rhythmic. It was a side to side movement that was gentle and definitely perceptibly. Something caused me to look in the direction of the table lamp. Without a doubt, the shade was shaking. No mistake about it. Maybe the breeze is stronger...

Though it is said that air travel is statistically safer than traveling our congested highways, it’s the high probability for loss that gets me. Thankfully, all 162 passengers on board Caribbean Airlines are alive but when I heard the news of the crash late Saturday night, I felt a sense of unease. As someone who travels frequently, this type of news always shakes me even though my attitude is, if...