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I think we can all agree that politics can have a polarizing effect on much of our life. The presidential races of 2016, 2020, and 2024 exemplified this as much as anything in my lifetime has. I’ve been surprised at the people I know who have been triggered into outrage over the declaration or support…
Einstein played violin and piano. DaVinci was an inventor and a master artist. Ada Lovelace (the first computer programmer – yes, it was a woman!) loved music and poetry. I work in a technical job but I have hobbies that express my creativity: writing, photography, and textile arts. It works in reverse, as well. Actress…
“The evidence demands a verdict.” What a great phrase! I hear it quite often on one of the podcasts I follow. The words “evidence” and “verdict” imply an association with legal texts, but it also applies to many other situations. Let’s Define the Phrase and Discuss its Meaning In its simplest form, “The evidence demands…
My church places a strong value on family history. Not just genealogy, but the stories of our family. Writing them, telling them, reading them, remembering them. A study conducted by psychologists Robyn Fivush and Marshall Duke at Emory University showed that children who were familiar with the stories of their families demonstrated greater resilience than…
Where is your life “going?” We tend to think of our lives in terms of roads or paths. I think part of it may be due to Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken,” but there are so many metaphors that apply the concept of traveling a road to living our lives that we can’t ignore…
When I was in kindergarten, we had octagonal-shaped crayons so that they wouldn’t roll off the desk, but they were not as waxy and slippery as the ones today. They had a drier feel to them, and the application of the color to the paper just felt different. It was almost like a blend of…
One of my favorite sounds is the sound of rushing water. I love the sound of waves lapping against a shoreline, a river or stream flowing over its bed, a waterfall, even a rain shower. It has a calming effect on me. It speaks to my very soul, telling me that everything is going to…
I had a birthday this year! Since this publish date is 12/1/2024, there’s at least a 90% chance you had one too. If you didn’t, you will. When the kids were little, we tried to make birthdays into a wonderful celebration for them. As they’ve matured into adults, we’ve kind of let that morph into…
Whose story are you living? It’s easy to say, “It’s mine,” but is it really? Living authentically is a journey, not a destination, and I had to walk this journey quite a while ago, but my story runs in the opposite direction from what we generally think of when we talk of expectations. Your parents…
If you enjoyed my earlier post on Unexpected Origins of Everyday Items, I’ve got three more! I love reading stories about people who had an idea and worked hard to bring it to fruition, but sometimes, things don’t work out the way we expect them to. As fascinated as I am by stories of successful…
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