Whose idea was this?

Whose idea was this?

Early in the 17th Century, the word ‘outlier’ was coined to describe a stone left over in a quarry after a building project. And like many terms, it has morphed in usage to now describe someone who thinks and acts differently from the mainstream, a person who...
Loving the Read

Loving the Read

I love to read. I love analog books. I love bookstores. I can’t count the number of hours wasted/invested in browsing shelves looking for my next read. Years ago, during one of those hours, I saw a title that was something like How Things Work. The title made me...
A Little Help from a Friend

A Little Help from a Friend

A frog becomes a prince, Cinderella becomes the belle of the ball, an ugly duckling becomes a beautiful swan, the underdog comes out on top, an orphaned, Jewish girl in a foreign land becomes the Queen of Persia, a hillbilly family from the Ozarks moves to Beverly...
Waiting Up Till all the Kids Come Home

Waiting Up Till all the Kids Come Home

It was an outrageous, humiliating request. The younger son of a wealthy farmer comes, flouting all respectful tradition, and petitions for his portion of the family estate now, rather than waiting after the death of his father. Chagrined, but motivated by tender love,...
Even Birthday Candles

Even Birthday Candles

These were the classes that made the school day worthwhile: Math, English, and French. It’s because of the ‘lightbulb.’ You know that moment when the new math concept fell into place and the all-important light came on? Or, when the verb conjugating finally made sense...