Real pioneers of yesteryear like Columbus, Lewis and Clark, Nellie Bly (not only her famous reporting adventures in the asylum but her later trip around the world) represented their era in unique ways. And what about hunter/trapper Nick Stoner, who was a scout in the Revolutionary War? As an explorer, he blazed a trail northwest […]
Are You Swinging At The Pitches?
I suppose it takes only a glance at the title to know who inspired this week’s blog post. That’s right, my husband. Somehow he makes sports and science interesting to me, even though I’m just about the least sports- or science-minded person I know. When I was in my dreadful middle-grade years, I was surprisingly […]
Born In The Right Era?
As a historical writer, I sometimes feel like I was born in the wrong era. How much more exciting would it have been to see all of the things I can only research these days? Streets lined with grand carriages, filled with people dressed to match. Imagine the fabrics! And of course one of the […]
Are Your Motives Intrinsic or Extrinsic?
Over the weekend my husband had to drive back and forth between Chicago and Detroit—a long trip made tolerable by books on tape. One of the books he listened to was Drive, titled appropriately enough for a road trip, which talked about what drives us to do what we do. Now since I neither read […]
Failure As A Road To Success
I came across a link recently that offers a list of people who experienced what seems more than their fair share of rejection—before finally finding success. This is always such an interesting facet of life to me. What is it that keeps some people going, and others not? Why is that line so variable, that […]
When Is Junk Not Junk?
This is a question that can be asked about everything from garage sale items to what clutters my closet . . . but most recently, it’s been asked about human DNA. Don’t hurry off, I’m not going to go to explore the human genome, much as people like my husband would welcome such research. As […]
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