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Some Fun with Old Wives' Tales Opening an umbrella indoors Let's start with the easy one, opening an umbrella…

The White Dove: Early one morning when the fog began to evaporate, revealing ever more detail in the scene…

Young people tell me I'm out of touch for believing in the American Founding Fathers. I'm told they are racist,…

Death Goes To Hell: Death is not supposed to die. That’s the problem. Here I sat in a pile of reaped souls…

Does Color Matter? - I summon my muses around 3:00 a.m. - when they are but shadows, neither white nor black;…

The Culture of Astronomy: Astronomy is more than just the study of outer space, the position, dimension,…

The Christmas card was invented by Sir Henry Cole, way back in 1843, in London.  Sir Henry Cole was also in…

Flying with Santa: I wish you all a Merry Christmas or Happy Whatever You Celebrate. I share my secret to being…

Norman Makes a Huge Impression: The school year didn’t start until after Labor Day, but it was difficult to…

Ray Bradbury's World: I didn’t think I’d live to see the day when the story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray…