My granddaughters, Rachel and Allison live on Kodiak Island, Alaska, courtesy of the US Coast Guard. Thanks to Skype, we can read to them weekly. With ballet and buses as current interests, the local library is a source for books on those topics. During our visits, we can have reading marathons. In between, we read them…
The UPS driver doesn’t only know every purchase you have made in the last year, from a list immediately downloadable by any driver, he knows who was home to sign for it, AND whether or not your pet is a good dog. YES! There is a BAD DOG LIST. Anyone who wanted could put together…
The same suggestions show up on lists of what makes people happy. There is a sense that if only I won Powerball, I’d be happy forever. A Journal of Personality and Social Psychology study published in 1978 debunks that. The study compared the happiness level of lottery winners with non-winners and with people who had suffered a…
Yes! I know every shape and form of poison ivy and its cousins, poison oak and poison sumac and would not venture within 10 feet of any of it. So how can I get it, despite my avoidance of the plants? Here are a few possible ways: 1. My dog! Yes, my sometimes-wonderful pet is…
Are times changing? On the topic of climate change, the Pope says yes. Department of Defense (DoD) says yes. Insurance companies say yes. And Congress says no. Whether from an anti-science bias or pro-money desire to placate fossil fuel industry contributors, members of Congress will not be getting priority boarding on NOAA’s ark. 98% of…
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