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Next time you are standing in the grocery aisle, contemplating a healthier snack option, take a moment to ponder upon the timeless trail mix. I say timeless, because trail mix is thousands of years old. Ancient nomadic tribes used to mix up dried berries, fruits, nuts and meats together. Trail mix was (and is) high [...]
“When an icon falls, it should be done alone, with nobody around to see, to hear. Let the world awaken to the loss slowly, a tender mercy allowing our collective hearts to heal even as they break…” ~ Kapito Loss of an icon On this day in 1997, Diana Spencer, Her Royal Highness the Princess [...]
I originally wrote this post just after the tragedy in Haiti. Since then we faced the death toll and incredible destruction in Concepcion, Chile and surrounding cities, and many disasters since, including the flooding in Pakistan, and a volcano in Sumatra about to erupt, as residents nearby flee. Today is the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, [...]
Around 2000 BCE, Herodotus and Siculus wrote that an asphalt-like product was used to hold together the walls and towers of ancient Babylon. Tablets have been found showing the use of petroleum for lighting and medicine in ancient Persia. The word “petroleum” was first used in a 1546 treatise called De Natura Fossilium, published by [...]
August 27th is Women’s Equality Day, the anniversary of the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Ninety one years ago to this day, millions of women applauded, patted each other on the back, and stuck their tongues out at the big, fat jerks all [...]
In China tonight, many children (and adults) will be keeping a careful eye out, looking for apparitions around each corner. Perhaps some will worry about confrontations with those they previously wronged. It’s the Festival of Hungry Ghosts in China (and surrounding nations,) a popular holiday providing a very public opportunity to ponder on relatives [...]