A few years ago, my in-laws gave us a set of gorgeous and outrageously expensive crystal wine glasses. You could hold one up to the light and if you turned it just so, create a shower of kaleidoscopic rainbows over the table. When I drank wine from them I could imagine my Bota Box red […]
When I was in middle school, I read Ray Bradbury’s All Summer in a Day. In it, Margot, a child from Earth, moves to Venus, where the sun is only visible for one hour every seven years. Margot tells the children in her new class about this gorgeous, brilliant sun. They don’t believe her and […]
Last week was the Autumnal Equinox, Nature’s official start to fall. The word Equinox is Latin for equal night, implying a balance between duration of light and darkness. The equinox occurs when the sun crosses the celestial equator, marking the shift to shorter days and more darkness. It’s perfect timing, as it’s been a dark […]
What can cats see? Two neuroscientists named Hubel and Wiesel wanted to find out. They raised a group of kittens in a world made up entirely of horizontal lines. The wallpaper inside of their cages ran horizontally and even the handlers who fed them wore striped shirts. What Hubel and Wiesel found was that cats […]
I’d like you to take a moment to stop what you’re doing and look at the next three months on your calendar. I’m guessing there are way too many obligations, meetings, and work-related commitments and not enough moments that spark joy in your heart. Summer is a time to rest, have fun, and make family […]
Last year our beloved home on Quisenberry Lane got a massive renovation. We reframed a room, got new siding, installed a metal roof, replaced all of the windows, and painted the house my favorite shade of blue. The foreman was an architect and engineer. He had incredible vision and some great ideas for our domestic […]
