The Download

What comes to mind when you hear “Inheritance”? For most of us, it’s cash, a house, maybe a family heirloom.  I used to think I hadn’t inherited much at all—other than…

August 22 is no ordinary day on the calendar. It’s World Plant Milk Day, National Eat a Peach Day, National Pecan Torte Day, and even National Take Your Cat to…

Sam has heard it all. “Why are you wearing a long-sleeve shirt in 90-degree heat?” “How come you never go to the beach?” “Is your skin supposed to look like…

I’ll be honest—tennis was never my sport. I took it in college just to check off a health requirement, and my lack of hand-eye coordination quickly proved I wasn’t headed…

Who Wants to Live Forever? Queen once asked the question. Alphaville, Bob Dylan, and Rod Stewart all sang about wanting to be Forever Young. Just the other day, Forever Young became the soundtrack…

This year marks the 40th anniversary of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the classic children’s book by Laura Numeroff.  Years ago, I read it to my son more times…

When you hear the word token, what comes to mind? Cryptocurrency? A subway pass? Maybe a security key for your computer? Turns out, tokens also have a long history in…

The ayes have it—or maybe it’s the “eyes.”  And these eyes come in many forms. Sure, there are the eyes we blink and tear up with emotion. But eyes are…

Now here’s something surprising—an early edition of The Download. Like millions across the country, I’m logging off for a bit to celebrate the Fourth of July! Whether on water or land,…

What was I thinking? Clearly, I was not. I was feeding my Pembroke Corgi, Watson—who’s quite certain he’s just as royal as the ones Queen Elizabeth kept—while half-listening to a…