September 9, 2024 0 The Problem With Food Allergies on Mars Life on Earth can be difficult — we have wars, poverty, famine, and all sorts of other problems. But in [...]
September 6, 2024 0 How Do You Like Them Apples? Hi! A decade ago, I wrote a story titled “Esopus Spitzenburg and the Newtown Pippin.” It’s about apples [...]
September 4, 2024 0 The Art Teacher With No Class Across the United States and much of the northern hemisphere, children of all ages have bid summer goodbye [...]
September 3, 2024 0 Ohio’s Admission Problem As of this writing, there are fifty states in the United States of America. Hawaii became the 50th state on [...]
August 30, 2024 0 How Sharing Fun Facts Changed My Summers Hi! A quick note before we get started — Monday is Labor Day in the U.S., and I’m taking the day off. [...]
August 29, 2024 0 A Slippery Way to Win a Football Game College football season has begun. And on many American college campuses, football isn’t just a sport that [...]
August 27, 2024 0 Using Small Print to Sell a Tasty Treat You get an offer in the mail that seems like a dream come true — that thing you’ve always wanted at such [...]
August 26, 2024 0 A Shark and a Murder, But Not the Way You Think Pictured above is a tiger shark. It’s probably not something you want to see while swimming — as the [...]
August 23, 2024 0 I Didn’t Plan This Friday Well Hi! As I mentioned last week and at the top of all of this week’s email, I’m on vacation this week and [...]
August 16, 2024 0 And Now For a Brief Vacation Hi! Next week, I’m taking a brief pause — we’re taking a family vacation (of sorts) so I won’t be [...]