Writings

For years, we built a fence around ourselves.  We kept the alcohol in and the people out.  We kept our lies on the inside and the truth...

Because of density, most (typically 90%+) of an iceberg Icebergs appear above the water line. The bottom of an iceberg, the part...

“it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.” - an Arabic proverb, best we can tell Manipulation was part of our makeup before we...

“Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His...

People have been roasting coffee beans since the 15th century.  Commercialization of the practice accelerated in the 19th century as...

Winnie-the-Pooh debuted on Christmas Eve 1925 in an article published in the Evening News, a London newspaper. In the few short years...

Game shows were a part of our growing up. Though they originated in the 1930s, they became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Though...

Sign, sign, everywhere are signs Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign? Les Emerson...

There is no place on earth that is safe from a storm. Rainstorms, snowstorms, windstorms, dust storms, and tropical storms are the norm...

All we have is time. The average life expectancy Globally is approximately 70 years. In the United States, the projections are better,...

Magnets are intriguing. The push and pull of this invisible force amazed us in our youth and still interests us today, as we feel an...

At the end of our drinking journey, we found ourselves in isolation; we had built a barrier to the world, and all that was in it.  The...

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” -  Mike Tyson, professional boxer. Young and impressionable, we dreamt of being...

“Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”- Bernard Baruch - American financier and...

The carousel, or merry-go-round, has a history, and so do we. There seems to be a story for everything, including complexities and...

Quick research tells us that the fashion industry as we know it today began in 1858 when Charles Frederick Worth affixed a label to a...

Patent number 37435 proved to be the birth certificate of the modern-day gasoline-powered automobile. Officially applying in 1886, Carl...

For far too many years, we lived in the shadow of truth, believing what we heard from the clatter within.  We shaped a view of who we...

What are we worried about? An old proverb describes that “Fear knocked  – but no one answered” (paraphrased from several differing...

The information revolution was founded on the shoulders of the printing press, which Johann Gutenberg invented. A study conducted by...