Suprise Me

Whether Oscar Wilde or Chrissie Hind in “Message of Love,” said it, I have always found astronomy an escape into imagining the universe beyond our mortal realm.  I was able to get through physics and chemistry because of science teachers who truly loved their subject, but astronomy was the one that caught on for me.… Read More

How clear it seems in retrospect. Read More

Craig gained additional notoriety in 1990 when he appeared in newspaper ads modeling Calvin Klein briefs—and nothing else. Read More

As we mark Middle Child Day, I think we are missing folks who embody the stereotypical qualities of middle children. Read More

Having been in federal law enforcement for most of my adult life, I was involved in many court trials.  As the investigator, I was aware of most of the facts on both sides of the case, not just the prosecutions.  Watching jurors during trial I have always wondered what it would be like to sit… Read More

First haircut.  My mother gave me a mohawk haircut to play a native American in a Cub Scout play.  This was in the 1950s, nothing was PC; my knowledge of native Americans was from cowboy TV.  It was not a real mohawk; the sides were trimmed, leaving longer hair in a 2″ strip on top.… Read More

So, over the last 65 years, I have progressed from my room to my recliner and my shop, and I am as happy as a clam. Read More

As one of our guides said, “They disappeared.” Only their shoes remained behind. Some of them were so tiny. Read More

Thinking back as Retrospect asks me to do, I had only two job interviews in a 25-year career in education. Read More

Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor for all twelve years of his administration, was the first female cabinet secretary and a woman you should know and admire. Read More