True Duck Story From San Antonio
Something really cute happened in downtown San Antonio. Michael R. is an accounting clerk at Frost Bank and works downtown in a second story office building. Several weeks ago, he watched a mother duck choose the concrete awning outside his window as the unlikely place to build a nest above the sidewalk. The mallard laid […]
How Old is Grandpa?
One evening a grandson was talking to his grandfather about current events. The grandson asked his grandfather what he thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandfather replied, ‘Well, let me think a minute, I was born before: ‘television ‘penicillin ‘polio shots ‘frozen foods ‘Xerox ‘contact lenses […]
545 People-Thought to Ponder
This writing is obviously slanted politically but at the same time, there’s a lot of truth in it. WISDOM IS NOT SIMPLY A MENTAL PROCESS BUT THE SUM TOTAL OF A HUMAN BEING Tao By Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them. Have you […]
A Good Life-Lesson Story
‘Some people!’ snorted a man standing behind me in the long line at the grocery store. ‘You would think the manager would pay attention and open another line, ‘said a woman. I looked to the front of the line to see what the hold up was and saw a well dressed, young woman, trying to […]
11 Scientists Killed or Injured by Their Own Experiments
All of the scientists on this list died or were injured in their pursuit of knowledge. Many of their sacrifices paved the way for some of the greatest discoveries and inventions known to mankind. What can we learn from these explorers of years gone by? Gaining knowledge often comes with a price … but without […]
Eagles in the Northwoods near Minocqua, WI.
Yes, the cold temperatures (-5 degrees F) came with a deep blue sky. The wind hadn’t started and the snow from earlier in the week was still piled up. When the eagles landed, they knocked the snow off their branches. This was about 400 feet from a friend’s house in Eagle River , WI.
