Have you ever considered that humans’ eyes sit side by side a few inches apart, rather than one over the other a few inches apart? Whether you believe in a divine creator or evolution, the placement of our eyes facilitates depth perception. I realized this when a corneal abrasion required me to wear a patch…
Update: This deep-sea fishing adventure was originally published in November of 2016. At some point it disappeared from the blog, and all the text just vanished. The photos remained in the media folder so all I had to do was recreate the text. Here it is in its entirety, thanks to my having procrastinated instituting…
first published the first week in September 2016 but somehow lost in my archives, so I’m republishing it from my RSS feed This weekend and last weekend it was my privilege to experience a significant gift from God in answer to a prayer. When I saw the devastation and damage caused by the flooding in…
I don’t watch the news. In fact, when I pass by a television set that is showing a news broadcast, I do my best to exit the venue as quickly as possible. And yet, I will contend that I am as informed and as well-advised as any news junkie. Here’s why: 1. We know the…
NOTE: this post was published in June of 2016, but it was gone from my post listings when I went looking for it to optimize it. Fortunately, my RSS feed had published it in its entirety. The content is still timely. I recently read a suggestion that if we have nothing to hide, we have…
What is this? This is a Spatty. It’s a tiny little device that has made me soooooooooo happy! The spatty has a rigid plastic handle and a soft plastic tip that allows me to scrape down into the sides and bottom of containers to get every last bit of substance. Let me show you. What…
Let’s address the elephant in the room: I’m a middle-aged white female, so the viewpoint is going to come from that angle. It’s also important that you know that I do not watch the news, and I’ll explain later why watching any news program is likely to make you less informed than if you didn’t…
I am waiting for someone to create an iPhone app that will allow my scanned coupons to work with my grocery list. I’d love to be able to select “lunch meat” and have the app tell me, “You have a scanned coupon for that. Note it in shopping list?” so that while I”m shopping I’ll…
Something caught my eye this morning as I was going about my normal routine, a movement just outside my apartment window. I turned and saw a pigeon standing on his side of the ledge, peering at me through the glass. I had seen birds fly past my window before, many times, but I don’t recall…
In a well-meaning article from MIT, a “living wage calculator” showed the difference between the current minimum wage in various states and the costs of living under different circumstances in the different counties in those states. The project was designed to demonstrate the disparity between what Americans will tolerate as the least amount of money…
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