Some things are hard, some incredibly hard. Macadamia shells, for instance, are the second hardest “wood” in the world. The macadamia nuts they contain are much softer; therefore, when we apply pressure to crack them open, chip happens. We...

Thanksgiving reminds us that we, descendants of these enfeebled hungry recipients of indigenous graciousness, have our footprints on the surface of the moon, yet still have paths yet to tread here on Earth. While Thanksgiving is a national...

Absolute, ravishing appreciation for the sheer wonder of living. It is said that if we have the opportunity to look back from the summit of our lives, we will see unfurled a lifelong quest for meaning, purpose, and...

We were a family with six rowdy, rambunctious kids.  For the longest time, we were a no TV household; we entertained ourselves in the evenings.  Our preferred games built anticipation of wildly exaggerated but thrilling kid-horrors. Ambushes, frights,...

A recent white paper from the Rodale Institute demonstrates global adoption of regenerative farming can sequester more than 100 percent of human-generated carbon emissions. That is a welcome piece of stunningly good news amidst all the eco gloom....

Am I the only one who thinks it weird that the combustion engine, which was designed to displace and replace horses, is still measured in horsepower? More remarkable still, the next-generation electric cars also measure their output in...

Agreement on almost any topic is rare these days; however, we all likely understand trees are imperative.     Trees are a gorgeous and glorious adornment to any landscape; they also bind, feed, and shelter the soil biome. Trees...