Space, the final frontier, right? Well, here are two different perspectives: one real science; one spoof….and, oddly, saying the same thing…. The sublime: And then there’s the ridiculous: Or is it the other way around?

For those of you who follow my blog, I’m back. After a death in the family and a rough few weeks, I find that sitting back down to a “blank” computer screen may be good therapy. Tempted as I am to recite the drama of the past month, I will refrain....

According to Reuters, a Thai man is keeping scorpions as pets to atone for years spent cooking them as snacks to sell in the streets of that country. Four thousand-six-hundred of them, to be exact…though I’m not quite clear on how one arrives at an...

One hears about writers who put pen to paper (or fingers to the laptop ) for years until they are published. And then there are these stories, heartening only if you have not yet sat down at a key board: The Outsiders was written by a...

I got a late start on the boat this summer.  Usually, I head for Canada July 5 and stay along the Inside Passage until late September.  Most of the time I spend alone, reading, kayaking, exploring.  A few days each month are reserved for family and...