2022

I like Wisconsin, and as far as I know, I’ve never been there. But something seems appealing to me about that state. Maybe it is all the cheese. Maybe it is the fact that various Native American tribes first inhabited the area known as Wisconsin. Oh, wait. That was all of America until the White […]

Most people agree. We should be kind. But this means much more than just being kind to our fellow humans. It means being kind to Earth and all therein. Of course, one area we have been overlooking largely is the animal kingdom. So many of us love animals. It’s true. Yet, there is something troubling

I learned to gamble at an early age. It started before I started going to school. For whatever reason, I was spending a good deal of time with my grandparents, Ed and Regina, during the daytime hours. On one of those days, my grandpa pulled out a round bank of casino chips and a deck

I know I’ve written about the controversy of “everything happens for a reason” vs. “we live in a random Universe, and there is no such thing as fate.” Yet, I just want to revisit the “everything happens for a reason” statement on its own. Because, recently, I’ve seen this in a new light. I believe

Holidays come and go. Some more than others.Halloween just passed, and I, for one, will be glad to see all those lawn ornaments coming down. You know, that great influx of skeletons and monsters that have littered front yards since the end of June when people started decorating for Halloween five months ahead of time.

The old tectonic plates. It sounds like something you might find in your grandmother’s china cabinet, The Tectonic Plates. Kind of like Wedgwood china or something. But in reality, the tectonic plates are below us. All of us. We’re standing on them, in fact. The earth’s crust is fragmented into huge pieces of rock. And

Halloween. Oh, it is upon us. Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween. I know some people who fear this date in a pent-up kind of way. They don’t let their kids dress up because they think Halloween is an evil holiday. Regardless, I like Halloween and everything about it. I have fond childhood memories of

Our world is made up of stories. We cannot experience every single event on Earth by ourselves. At this point in time, it is humanly, and physically impossible. So we rely on the telling of stories to learn about the world in which we live. It is an essential thing for us. It helps us