Trackers and Personal Info Sellers

It hasn’t crossed our minds lately because we start to get accustomed to it after a short time. We take it for granted that there are companies vying for our personal information. They want the information because they can sell it to other companies who might benefit from selling us their products. The idea is …

The Noble Tree

The noble tree. What do we get from the tree? On a hot day, we get shade. That’s a beautiful thing. We might take trees for granted until a hot day, and then the shade is so ultimately necessary. On a hot day the tree gets the appreciation it deserves. Sitting under a tree on …

Egyptian Fascination

Did you know the Egyptians used to prepare corpses for a second life by embalming and mummifying them? The embalming is fascinating because it was recognized that certain parts of the body decayed in different ways. Much of what was in the gut would not only rot itself, but the flesh and bones around the …

The Last Day of February

For all the persons born on the 29th of February, I have a proposition. What if, instead of dropping your day off the map, we dropped another day? Think of it this way: your birthday is missing from the calendar for three year increments, then every fourth year it returns—but it doesn’t have to be. …