Our fervent first-time parent efforts were rewarded when our daughter said her first word, not spoken aloud, but signed in Baby ASL with her hands.

This past Friday, January 16, is referred to as “Quitter’s Day,” because it’s the date by which most new year’s resolutions have been abandoned. January

There are elements of my view of the world that now differ from my parents’, but in my change and growth there are many family

But some of the waste that I have to contend with can’t get heaved into a truck and become someone else’s problem. There are more

Plenty of very smart people have spent significant brain power parsing out the difference between “things” and “stuff”– and the more you dig, the more

I used to be quite proficient in physics – not so much anymore. It turns out that it’s one of those subjects that only sits

Paul did not include the words “comfy” or “detached” in his list. Sometimes the most true thing to acknowledge is that we are worried. Sometimes

I loved science fair projects when I was a kid. Everything about them was appealing.

Simone Weil saw attention as being fully present with a mystery and yet resisting the urge to solve it.