2024

I came across a word I had never heard before.Apanthropy. The pronunciation is like this:(ap-AN-thruh-pee)Yes, it sounds like “A pan through pee.” But it doesn’t mean to have a pan to pee in.No. Instead, it means “A desire to be away from people; a love of solitude.” Well. Looky what I found.My middle name.  I […]

The other day, I saw David Blaine on a talk show. He’s opened a really big show in Las Vegas. A dangerous and daring show, he said. I’ve seen bits and pieces of him in the past. He is described as an American illusionist, endurance artist, and extreme performer. He has set and broken several

Some of us achieve great things in our lives. We go to great lengths to reach a goal. Along the way, we worked hard, toiled, sacrificed. But eventually, we accomplished that thing that was so very important to us. It could be anything, really. Earning a degree in college. Raising a healthy, well-balanced child. Learning

Since it is the fifth. Let’s talk about the Fifth Dimension. You may be asking, “What is it, exactly?” I’m glad you asked. In physics and mathematics, the term “fifth dimension” is often used in the context of “higher-dimensional” spaces beyond our familiar three dimensions. Those three dimensions, of course, would be length, width, and

Do you wake up in the morning and think, “What in this big, incredible world am I going to learn today?” It could be the thing you never imagined.Or, it might be something that you always suspected. Either way, the learning is there if we are open to it. Take, for example, the platypus. I’ve

Tardy by Linda Stowe When I was a kid in school, how often we were absent or tardy was part of our grade. I was rarely absent because I liked school, and I was never tardy because I rode a bus. School buses may be rickety, and the drivers may be crabby, but if there’s

Science is smart.But it is always a work in progress. For instance, here are some questions that science has not figured out as of yet. Why Do We Dream?What Happens When You Die?Are We Alone in the Universe?Where Does Consciousness Come From?Is Reality Real?How Did Life Begin?Is Time Travel Possible?Is the Universe Truly Infinite?How Many

People say things. Sometimes, those things are ridiculous, and we should probably let them drift off into the air, never to be heard again. But every so often, someone says something really important, and we should take heed. Alright. It is the very beginning of the new year, and I’m already on my first sidebar.