Certainly we’ve all heard the expression April Showers Bring May Flowers. And while it’s tempting to take the expression quite literally, it’s far more enriching to ponder its deeper meaning: that sometimes you have to experience something unpleasant in order to experience something better.
Whether that’s sweating through a cardio class to make sure you continue to fit into your favorite jeans, trading a year of…
President Obama’s latest initiative, America’s Great Outdoors, seeks to double spending on land and water conservation to $900 million. Even though our nation’s enduring tough economic times, it’s encouraging to see conservation still receiving attention.
At a White House ceremony on Wednesday, the President suggested that we all ask ourselves this very important question:
“What can we do to break free from the routine and reconnect with…
Today marks two and a half decades since the catastrophic explosion aboard the Challenger space shuttle and, for many of us, it’s one of those moments that imprinted itself so strongly on our memories that we will always remember exactly where we were and what we were doing when we witnessed the disaster or heard the horrific news.
Yesterday, Steven J. McAuliffe, widower of Christa McAuliffe,…
The Huffington Post reported this week that giant snails are being used by Russian scientists to monitor air pollution being emitted from a sewage incinerator. That’s right, scientists have strapped heart monitors onto a species of snails that have lungs and breathe just as we humans do. As if we don’t already know that pollution causes all sorts of health issues!
It seems to me that scientists…
Oh, to have a hat head!
You know what I mean—the right size, the right shape, the right hair to match. My daughter has one. Put any hat on her head and it looks like a million bucks. Put most hats on my head and I disappear—literally! They cover my eyes and rest on my nose.
And that’s a shame because there’s no quicker and easier way…
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