A Seneca Thanksgiving Prayer
Oh Great Spirit,Whose voice I hear in the winds,And whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me!I am small and weak; I need your strength and wisdom.Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyesEver behold the purple sunset.Make my hands respect the thin

I Worked With a Genius
Years ago Brian Darovic and I taught at the same school; today he is being lauded in the press for his latest "project," the building of his own electric car--something he did for very little money and which will save him a large amount of it.If you go to

Hurrah for Edison
On this day in 1877, Thomas Edison presented the phonograph to the world. There has been so much advancement in technology since that time that we might take this amazing feat for granted. Here's a reminder of what made Edison such a stellar figure in history.

I am Accused of a Crime
This morning I experienced a bizarre phenomenon--an accusation levied at me about a crime that never existed, and yet it created problems in reality.I was sitting at a red light with my husband at my side; I was driving him to work, and we were stationary, sleepily contemplating the sky, when a driver somew

Happy Birthday to the Creator of Jekyll and Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson celebrates a birthday today--he was born in 1850. I still marvel at the story of the creation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; the fact that Stevenson was awakened by his wife from a fever dream and then cross with her for waking him from "a fine bogey tale." He wrote half the story and read it to his wife and houseguests, then ran into his room to write more, still feverish and mumbling to himself.I sometimes envy both the creative spark and the speed with