Fear Not Have you seen a ghost lately? Or a skeleton or giant spider? With America’s love affair with Halloween, you likely have seen many such decorations on neighborhood houses and businesses in your community. But why…

Devil’s In the Details It’s that time of the year for Grazer, the winner of the 2023 Fat Bear Week and the other bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve, to hibernate. For those of…

Sticks & Stones You may have heard the saying, sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Over the years, parents taught their children to use this saying as a response when…

Know Your Lemons If you are seeing a little more pink merchandise lately, it’s a reminder that October is National Breast Cancer awareness month – a tradition that dates back to 1985! One in 8 women in…

Curiosity & the Texas Tower Children are naturally curious. The child’s seemingly never ending questions of “why?” enables them to learn about the world – although parents may sometimes find it annoying! The questions are…

Already Seen As you walk into a new restaurant to meet friends, you suddenly have this strange feeling that you have been there before. Chances are that you have experienced this feeling known as déjà…

A Little Knowledge When it comes to understanding things in everyday life, we think that we are pretty good at it. Like zippers – that handy item on jackets, pants and handbags that is awesome…

#BeThe1To Now that school is back in session across the country, it’s a great time for a short pop quiz. Ready? Which of the following statements are false? 1. People who talk about suicide won’t…

Say Thanks! Some days, work may seem like a four letter word. You face another work day (or days) with a project list that even with the help of AI can never be completed by…

An Apple for the Teacher Bringing an apple to a teacher is a common theme in “all things teachers.”  Just to clarify, an apple as in the fruit, not an Apple iPad, phone, or other…

More Than Skin Deep Sir Thomas Overbury, an English poet and writer, is credited with the modern proverb “beauty is only skin deep,” based on his 1613 poem, A Wife (also referred to as The Wife).…

It’s Back Some medical myths, also called misinformation, never seem to go away regardless of how many times they’re debunked. It’s been a little over 25 years since Dr. Andrew Wakefield released a paper claiming that…

Boom to Bust  What if one product could treat chronic pain, inflammation, sprains scrapes, insect bites and more. Would you want to buy it? Clark Stanley of Abilene, Texas was pretty sure that people would…

To Know or Not to Know   It is often said that “knowledge is power”, a saying that is credited to Sir Francis Bacon, from is book Meditationes Sacrae (1597). Knowledge  empowers individuals to better their own…

We didn’t Start the Fire If asked, what would you list as the top 10 most important innovations in the past 100 years or so? Thinking of innovations during this time is simple! Limiting the…

In a Pickle William Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest, contains one of the first uses of the expression “in a pickle.” The Tempest is a story of a shipwreck (think Gilligan’s Island) with some magic and…