When I was a child, I remember thinking that being grown-up was a destination or a finish line to cross. Now, after graduating college, getting … Read More ›
Category: Living
Aficionados of P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves novels will be aware that black tie (tuxedo for our American cousins) was considered for most of the twentieth century … Read More ›
I’m losing my oldest friend. Six years ago my wife — my love and half of me — died. Two years later, my cousin, with whom I shared …
The world began with a garden. “This is not new information,” you say. True. Nevertheless, it is an amazing thing to contemplate. Eden must …
In his 1943 work, The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis famously wrote about the crisis he saw among young men. He lamented the younger generation’s … Read More ›
When children are immersed in play, their imaginations run free with almost limitless possibilities. A tree transforms into a mast, a giant, or home base. … Read More ›
Construction vehicles, matchbox cars, balls, and Legos fill the toy baskets of my home and have become my daily tripping hazards. I have both the … Read More ›
The summer before my first teaching job, I eagerly ordered all the novels on the book list so I could read them before the year … Read More ›
How many alkali metals can you name? If the answer is none, your high school chemistry class let you down. There’s an answer to this … Read More ›