Cave of Forgotten Dreams- Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc
Discovered in 1994, Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in southern France displays primitive art dated at 35,000 years old, 15,000 years older than the artwork found in the more well-known Lascaux Cave. The art...
View ArticleAnshul Samar Is Probably Richer Than Your Kid Just As He’s Richer Than Mine
In an article found on ivillage.com entitled Justin Bieber and 11 Other Kids Who are Richer Than You, I found out about Anshul Samar, the 17 year old who invented Elementeo, a chemistry/fantasy board...
View ArticleFreedom Isn’t Free
Here in the U.S., the last Monday in May is Memorial Day. The origins of the day go back to the years after the Civil War. Communities North and South would gather to remember their war dead. It...
View ArticleSpeaking of Bullying
This September 28, 2011 article by Meredith Melnick on the Time Magazine website reports maybe we should update our approach to bullying. The ideas presented are a startling reversal of current thought...
View ArticleAdventures in Birding
Husband and I attempted ‘Birding’ a couple weekends ago. It went something like this: Me: What’s that? Him: What? Me: In that bush. Him: I see it! Me: What is it? Him: It’s gone. We were just...
View ArticleThat Lady In The Green House Is Mean
Every neighborhood has a mean lady. I became ours when I made a mom work for her children’s candy on Halloween. Okay, the reputation might have started at the block party this summer where I showed...
View ArticleA Guinness World Record I Wish I Was Present To See
I mean, come on now. Isn’t this the cutest thing you have ever seen? How about this? or this? 485 children garbed in robes and sporting bald heads, spectacles and mustaches, gathered in Kolkata,...
View ArticleBirdseye: The Adventures Of A Curious Man
I had hoped reading about Clarence Birdseye, the man behind the flash-freezing method of storing food, would cool me down during the heat wave currently covering most of the United States. Look at the...
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