When a friend challenged me to a reading contest on Goodreads a couple of years ago, I was reluctant. Did I really want my reading selections broadcast on the internet for friends and strangers to see? Despite this qualm, my arm was twisted, and I began recording the books I read, often giving them a…
Dear Next Generation: Advice to My Future Great-Grandchildren
The advice I leave here for my future great-grandchildren is the same I give to my children and grandchildren if they were to ask me. First things first: 1. Make the Lord our God your #1. Know him personally, accept him, pray to him, and worship him. I regularly pray for all of you. When…
Christmas Tree Planted on Elderly UK Couple’s Property in 1978 Is Now 50 Feet Tall
An elderly couple who live in United Kingdom’s darkest village and who’d planted a 6-foot Christmas tree in 1978 now use a cherry picker to decorate the 50-foot magnanimous tree with 3,000 lights. Avril and Christopher Rowlands from Inkberrow, Worcestershire, England, bought the 6-pound (approx. US$8) fir from a garden center shortly after moving into their…
Metal Detectorist Finds 2,000-Year-Old Roman Dagger From Ancient ‘Lost’ Battle in Switzerland
December 13, 2021
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Amateur archaeologist Lucas Schmid toted his metal detector onto a small hill beside a river gorge near the mountain village of Tiefencastel, Switzerland, and began probing the turf where an ancient battle had taken place. He would soon discover a Roman dagger from under the earth, which would lead to a remarkable excavation. Rumor had…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Hidden Figures’: NASA’s First Black Female Math Wizards
December 25, 2016 | PG | 2h 7m There was an African-American woman in the 1960s whose math skills not only outstripped all her male rocket-scientist colleagues at NASA, but also out-computed NASA’s gigantic, room-sized IBM computer. This is how we spell role model. Her staggeringly accurate calculations were solely responsible for sending America’s most…
Volunteers to the Rescue
Ray Preziosi is a cinematographer in the motion picture industry. But when a house is on fire in his town of Rosendale, New York, he exchanges his light meter for a firehose. Preziosi is a volunteer firefighter. Bill Malone is an administrator and adjunct science and math professor at St. John’s University in Queens, New…
Better Than Boxed: Homemade Graham Crackers Are 100 Percent Worth It
The after-school program at my elementary school never served chips or cookies as snacks, deeming them junk food. It did, however, offer the same snack every day: graham crackers. At snack time, we lined up to grab a small carton of milk and pull one graham cracker out of its sleeve. The most exciting days…
Brew, Chew, and Cider, Too: Exploring San Diego’s North Park
You’re vacationing in San Diego. You’ve had a close encounter with wildlife from every continent at the zoo. You’ve strolled the waterfront and admired the clipper ship Star of India and the massive aircraft carrier Midway. You’ve shopped at Horton Plaza and supped in the Gaslamp Quarter. What now? Explore North Park. This historic neighborhood—a…
J.S. Bach’s ‘Christmas Oratorio’ Captures Many Aspects of the Holiday
The purpose of music composed for holy days is to remind us of the very meaning of those days. English speakers are blessed to have Handel’s “Messiah” as a magnificent reminder of Christmas. Though Handel wrote only a portion of his famous oratorio for Christmas (the “Hallelujah” chorus is meant for Good Friday, and much…
So Long, Hotels: How to Rent the Perfect Vacation Home
“Where will I stay?” can be the most often overlooked aspect of travel. Your destination and what you’ll do once you arrive there garner the most attention of course, with making arrangements for lodging sometimes being the last task on the list. But just as your home serves as the center of all of your…
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