Have you ever wondered why many people smile when they are taking someone else's picture? Due mainly to the zygomaticus major which gets...

Before you read the following quote, I have a confession to make. Seeing some of the "flight fights" that have been occurring with angry...

A dear friend recently gave us a beautiful drawing which includes part of a quote from Rumi: Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and...

I have to admit I was thinking the same thing. During a particularly difficult class discussing cotangent, secant and cosecant, one of...

I'm re-reading Annie Dillard's For the Time Being. You're not going to find odder works of non-fiction and yet I come back to so many of...

Outside our guestroom window is a reminder. It has four sides which Alice painted to reflect our mutual ancestry: part Spanish (her),...

In one of my favorite movies of the '80s, Aliens, the monsters are bearing down on two soldiers. One of them blurts out, "This ain't...

There’s something about summer that slows us down. Perhaps it’s the heat! or the longer days so you don’t feel rushed before dark? or...

We've all seen examples of so-called "nutty professors." People who have an amazing amount of book knowledge but can't remember where...

When I was 19, I went to a college graduation of friends of mine. In a crowd of perhaps 600, I knew barely 20 people and at the luncheon...