Daylight Saving Time (DST) started yesterday at 2:00 AM. The original intent of DST was to save energy by extending the time of day around sunset. Silly, right? I suppose they might have burned less whale oil in the 18th century when Ben Franklin proposed daylight saving time, but it doesn’t make much sense today. […]
We borrowed the title for this article from a Jimmy Buffett song. The chorus always floats around in my mind as we travel south towards Galveston Bay. These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudesNothing remains quite the sameThrough all of the islands and all of the highlandsIf we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane
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“Just living is not enough… One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ~ Hans Christian Andersen
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In nature, Chaos and Order perform an intricate dance. Opposing forces coalesce to create balance and harmony. Chaos is the primordial stew from which creativity emerges, and Order is the stabilizing force that reins it in. Cycles and seasons corral the serendipitous dance. “Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.” ~ Maya Angelou
“As a dog returns to it’s vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.” ~ Proverbs 26:11 NIV
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The depravity and insanity of the neocons have been off the charts lately, the cacophony of their war drums deafening. How confused and insane do you have to be to think that more war, death, and destruction are the way forward? Thankfully, a few of the sane leaders in our world sat down recently in
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When I was growing up on the flatland black-earth prairie of North Central Illinois, I loved “Snow Days.” We would wake up in the morning to the amazing white snow blanketing everything outside. Mom would have the local radio station on, listening for the school cancellation announcements. We would dance with joy when the expected
One of my literary heroes passed away a few days ago at 92. Tom was a true romantic on a constant quest for the perfect sentence. “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” ~ Tom Robbins
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Fat, Dumb, and Happy;” a movie, an idiom, or the result of human evolution in the 21st century?
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“The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. It rejects even the assumption that human creatures could espouse a philosophy which must ultimately destroy all that
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It’s the middle of winter, so here are movements 1-3 of “Winter” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Enjoy! “Without music, life would be a mistake.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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