Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is often credited with being the original romance novel. It has all the moments that make a romance a great…
When you read books, watch movies or television, do you have a favourite genre? What does it say about you? How committed are you to…
Not having kids of my own, it can be fun for me to get to know the sons and daughters of friends of mine. One…
What if we could see ourselves as others see us? Robbie Burns’ poem, “Ode to a Louse,” suggests it would be a powerful thing if…
In the news this week, there was a report of a young woman who was sexually assaulted by a driver she had contacted through an…
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover… MAGA is considered by many non-MAGA people to be a cult. Cults are a fascinating aspect…
In a study of sand piles, (bear with me), scientists Bak and Chen dropped single grains of sand at regular intervals onto one spot. As…
From loud explosions to snide comments made at a cocktail party, the normal, human, universal response is to freeze. A couple of heartbeats are required…
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein Einstein’s definition of insanity sums up how I’ve been dealing…
I stumbled upon a journal I had started and abandoned in November of 2021. It was fascinating to read what I had been so concerned…