2022

“Let go, or be dragged.” — Zen proverb There is the story of the person trying to reach the shore. They are swimming, treading, as they struggle to carry a large rock with them. They begin to tire and flail. The people on the shore are coaxing them on, cheering them. Then they yell out […]

Lately, it seems, there have been several buildings exploding because of natural gas. There was the home in Flint, Michigan, that blew up with such force, the blast was felt for miles away. Also, another occurred in the Bronx, NY, when an apartment building exploded and caught fire. Another apartment building in Washington, D.C. A

I never write about St. Patrick’s Day on St. Patrick’s Day for several reasons. 1. Everyone else is reporting on this topic today, and it gets a bit old, hearing the same thing, over and over again.2. St. Patrick was born in England. So the whole patron saint of Ireland was on loan.3. I’m not

Well, folks, there you have it. I went to bed the other night, thinking I was in Ohio.And when I woke up, I found out I was living in the Wild, Wild West. That’s right. In just a few short weeks, anyone can legally carry a gun at all times in Ohio. No permit. No

I don’t remember when I first learned what a palindrome is. But I’m sure I was young. My Dad was always spelling words backward, and sometimes, around the dinner table, we would talk with backward words. We would laugh out loud when he’d say our names backward. Yllop Regrebnenork. That’s me. Then he would say,

It is Pi Day. Pi. Its recipe is a brilliant one. First, Pi — which is written as the Greek letter for p, or π—is the ratio of the circumference of any circle to the diameter of that circle. That’s it. Regardless of the circle’s size, tiny little, or whopping big, this ratio will always

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