Here’s the Thing: My take on a few shorts, bits and pieces
Demons of Unrest
I am just finishing Erik Larson’s excellent book, The Demons of Unrest. This is a historical...
Here’s the Thing: Why do these things exist? It’s all a conspiracy.
Have you ever looked at a thing and wondered what in the HECK was the inventor thinking and WHO is behind this...
Here’s the Thing: There is a word for every little thing…a million meanings for...
It has been adequately established that words have meaning and power. Tough to communicate even the simplest of ideas without using language...
Here’s the Thing: Love-hate relationships; we all have them
Did you ever have a love-hate relationship with something? A situation where something produces the warm fuzzies with the shear mention of...
Here’s the Thing: For better or worse, it is all about me
A Tale of Allegory
I decided some time ago to announce to my wife that in our relationship I...
Here’s the Thing: Fear of failure keeps people from making decisions
I would sit at my desk and look out over my classroom and watch as my students would attack a test with...
Meeting Aktan from Kyrgyzstan
Those attending the Senior Snippets program featuring exchange students from Northern Wells High School were able to hear the outstanding program...
Here’s the Thing: What we can learn from labs, the furry kind not medical
I’m reading Tomorrow, a novel by Damien Dibben (2018) with multiple settings spanning 200 years and many locations; it focuses on Venice...
Here’s the Thing: A checklist for success, thanks to Ralph Waldo Emerson
As I have grown older, I find how I feel about certain things are quite different from how I felt in various...