Like many of us, I spend countless long, sleepless nights wondering who built the pyramids in Egypt. And the pyramids in Mexico. And Peru. And Sudan, Iraq, Guatemala and Italy. It’s debilitating. So imagine my distress after I read that strange monoliths of uncertain origin have been found ...
"A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future." – Coco Chanel It’s common knowledge that smells can trigger memories, but so can reading about odors. For example, a friend recently made a Facebook post about being in a checkout line behind a woman wearing an overwhelming amount of ...
Excellent handwriting used to be the hallmark of an educated, thoughtful person. But who writes in longhand these days? I may be a writer, but when it comes to putting words down on paper, I’m a printer: I write nothing in longhand except my signature. The reason for this is simple: even I ...
I blame the eclipse for the collapse of this year’s Pittsburgh Pirates. After starting the season 5-0, the team as of last Thursday had a record of 14-18; 16 of those losses occurred after April 8, the day on which a dragon briefly swallowed the sun. Sorry. I just finished watching ...
Perhaps the greatest gift of non-illustrated fiction is that it forces readers and listeners to use their imaginations. Like many of us, I grew up having “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” read to me by my mother. The green hardcover book had no illustrations, but I created vivid scenes from the ...
Test your news I.Q. It was the British poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who famously wrote, “In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Well, I’m no longer young, and I can’t even find my fancy to turn it, so I’m going to skip straight to the first news quiz of ...
