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Striking Oil in the Apocrypha
Not many of my readers are familiar with the writings known as the Apocrypha . I find it a shame it took me so long to discover...
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Inflation and Health Care
When my economist husband tells me an modern article is both consistent with everything he learned about economics in college and in...
YouTube Channel Discoveries - Task and Purpose
[This post was originally entitled, "Camouflage"; I've now changed that to make it part of my "YouTube Channel Discoveries" series.]...
What Sounds Good Might Not Be
A friend, who has been experiencing the dating scene, offered the following warning. I just fancied it up a bit.
David H Smith, H Flu B, and Me
Back in another life, I worked for the University of Rochester Medical Center . However, that was not how I met David H. Smith, the...
Hexclad
I'm not generally one to splurge when it comes to our kitchen. We still have the same wallpaper that was on the...
The American Flags of My Life
I have lived under three different American flags. Flag Day, 2022
Glory, Hallelujah!
From the official travel.state.gov website: The CDC order from December 2, 2021, requiring persons aged two and above to show a...
Science or Magic?
Back in April, we ran into an opinion piece by Gary Smith entitled, " Believe in Science? Bad Big-Data Studies May Shake Your Faith ."...
Cleaning Lakes - and Making Fuel
I've written before about our city's decades-long interest in innovation, particularly with regard to wastewater solutions. Here's...
Learning Styles - A Waste of Time, Money, and Worry?
When our kids were in school, individual learning styles were becoming a big thing. They were each given a test that supposedly...
Though This Be Madness, There Might Be Method In It
You heard it here first. President Vladimir Putin of Russia has always seemed dangerous, and somewhat demented, to Western eyes, and...
Memorial Day 2022
In church yesterday, as in many places across the land, veterans in our congregation were asked to stand and be honored. I'm fine...
Answered Pandemic Prayer
My constant prayer during Pandemic-tide has been that we would learn to think outside our traditional, largely unquestioned, boxes of...
It May Not Be Saint Francis, but It's Good
The Internet often attributes this to St. Francis of Assisi, but the odds are it's a misattribution. Whoever said it, I like it....
Don't Abandon Academia
Everybody in our family goes to college. That was true for us, our parents, some of our grandparents, even a few...
On Corporate Philanthropy
We're suffering from an epidemic of corporate philanthropy. Businesses, especially large corporations, are bragging loud and long...
Because the Science Is Different in Europe
Ever since my daughter gave birth to her first child in Switzerland, I have been amazed and amused at how different "this is the way it...
Gibson's Donuts and Oberlin College
My brother graduated from Oberlin College, which automatically gave it a place in my heart—well, that and the amazing Gibson's...
For John Rutter Fans (and a Few Others)
I'm not with my choir at the moment but that doesn't mean I'm not thinking of them. Here's a treat for all singers of John...
Freedom Convoy 2022 Tribute
Amongst the devastating consequences of the Russo-Ukranian War is the disappearance from public eye of the power grab by Canada's Prime...
Coercion vs Courtesy
What does extended coercion do to common sense and courtesy? I think about our drug laws. While I understand the reasoning of...
Rhubarb Tart
Here's another Gordon Ramsay video , especially for our grandson the aspiring dessert chef, whose other grandparents have a plentiful...
Return to Europe - Our COVID Experience
I think I will tell the story of our recent trip to Europe in topical segments rather than strictly chronologically. The COVID pandemic,...
The Virus and the Vaccine, Redux
The Virus and the Vaccine is a cautionary tale about the hasty development and widespread, rapid distribution of a vaccine...