Physicists tell us something called Dark Matter keeps the stars from spinning off into space. Dark Matter is five times more abundant in the universe than the normal matter that composes you, me, your house and your car. What is fascinating is they, we, don’t...
I’ve heard of it happening but it never happened to me until today. My wife and I decided we would each like a Frosty from Wendy’s. We ordered at the menu board and when we pulled up to pay the girl said, “You don’t owe...
For the past five years one of the most popular television programs has been “The Walking Dead,” a series about a zombie apocalypse. We, human beings, are strange creatures fascinated with the gross and the bizarre. Is it part of our natural curiosity or is...
It was April, 1945 and I sat on a throw rug on our wooden floor listening to a radio that was as tall as I was. It had beautiful decorative wood carvings over the cloth covering the speaker and the dial was fun to play...
It has been my observation through the decades that some of the most gifted people I know are the most unhappy people I know. They are highly talented or wonderfully skilled and can out do 98% of us. But it is the 1% who are...
Last week someone asked me if I had a favorite hymn. That is tough to answer. It is like asking if you like vanilla ice cream better than chocolate ice cream. It depends on the situation and one’s mood. There are great praise hymns and...
This afternoon on our way into our BJ’s (Costco lookalike) a car came up on my bumper blinking her lights. I waved. When we passed the main door I paused to wait for a family with a cartful and children in tow to cross in...
In Plato’s ideal world the only area of study until the age of twenty was to be music and gymnastics. Twenty to thirty would be filled with math, logic and grammar. Thirty to fifty would be a time to work in the community. Fifty to...
It’s apple picking time. Branches are heavy with the makings of pies, cobbler, cider and sauce. Roadside stands are decorated with baskets of Granny Smiths, Cortlands and Golden Delicious apples mixed with mums. Big yellow school buses are unloading city children to roam orchards and...
It was a glorious evening. We were sitting in our city park enjoying a band serenading us from the town gazebo. As we were watching a little guy about four years old came running by going full steam. There were bigger children chasing him but...