We all have wonders in our back yard that we never had the time to visit -- mostly because we didn’t make the time. Last year I resolved t...

In The Unstrung Harp , Edward Gorey’s character Mr. Earbrass has gone over his manuscript so many times, he’s heartily sick of it and hopes...

Summer in Phoenix has to be experienced to be believed. The heat can reach up to 123 degrees Fahrenheit, though the average is between 104 ...

Mineral resources on Earth took millions (in some cases, billions) of years to form and are non-renewable, yet the demand for them is increa...

Organisms must evolve and adapt to habitats on Earth if they are going to survive to reproduce and pass on their DNA. The human species is ...

I am ridiculously dazzled by how much things have changed during my lifetime. My mother, who was born in 1921, whose father owned a Model...

I confess, I spend most of my time lost in my own peculiar model of the universe, and I often misjudge people. For instance, I like to use ...

There has been considerable buzz lately about e-books versus print books, what readers want versus what publishers and book stores can deliv...

Enlightenment is a humbling experience. And so it was that when I began my trip to Southern Arizona with Ernie and my mother, I felt both ...