How old was I when I threw my first ball? I could have been one, or two, or three.I imagine it happened sometime around then. This comes to mind because I’ve been thinking about the human brain and how it works. Our memories. Our awareness. Our mental consciousness. I just read an article about our […]

Kepler.  Johannes Kepler. He was a German guy.  A mathematician.  An astronomer.  From a while back.He was born on December 27, 1571, and grew up to be a scientist. Historically, he is considered to be one of the great founders of modern science.  Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets. Scientists

Taboo.  Taboo always reminds me of Fred and Wilma’s daughter.  You know. The Flintstones.  But for no good reason, because she was Pebbles.  Maybe I’m thinking of Sam and Darin’s daughter.  Tabatha.  That’s closer. Anyway.Taboo. To define it is easy in our minds.  “Not good.” But the real definition is lengthy.  A “taboo” is a

The other day, I told someone that a certain silly thing was happening. It was a bunch of “tomfoolery.” It is a term that I’m sure young people don’t use these days. You won’t hear them say “tomfoolery,” or “shenanigans,” or “monkey business.”    According to them, they’d probably be “vibing” or just “foolin’.” Anyway.

I don’t play them much anymore, but my Grandpa Wehrman taught me how to play cards when I was very young. Mostly Poker and Blackjack. He had fancy decks of cards and one of those round things with the chips in stacks all along the circumference. At that age, I had scant exposure to such

We learned a lot in history class in our formal educations.And we still hear a lot of stories about the history of our country or the history of the world. But sometimes, these occurrences are not quite right.  In fact, they might have been totally false or at least highly embellished. I’ll start with the

I wonder about the railroads.  What they could have been here, in the United States. Here is a question for everyone.  If things had been different all along with the railroads, would you ride the train? The thing of it is.  I’ve heard many people, historians in particular, say that America was greatly hurt when

We have all sorts of shapes and sizes in our world. But there are several basic geometric shapes, like the square, the pentagon, or the parallelogram. Do you have a favorite shape?I have two. The circle and the triangle. I know why I like the triangle so much.  It is representative of the number three. But I