In certain parts of New Yawk, one doesn’t speak of another’s mother unless one wishes to get grievously hurt. However, today let me talk to you about your mothers. My mother too. And my father, brother, sister, cousins, and other assorted relations. Yours too. You see, they’re the ones some folks seem to forget when they stop being people and put on their titles. Continue reading
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Post Its
I was talking to someone about Post It Notes this morning. As you may know, they are one of the world’s great accidental inventions. A chemist was trying to develop a super-strong glue and got something super weak instead. A bit later another scientist thought to use that failed glue to hold markers in his hymnal at church. Boom – Post It Notes! Continue reading
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Bees
I was coming in from a meeting yesterday and noticed a bunch of bumblebees collecting nectar from the plant next to the garage. Not really an unusual occurrence except that we had 40 MPH winds here yesterday. Somehow, the bees were doing their best to complete their work despite the atrocious wind. They weren’t going to let things they couldn’t control get them off track. They adjusted and moved on. Continue reading
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