Being an astronaut was Mason Anderson’s childhood dream. And now here he was, floating before a porthole in his space capsule, looking over the moon’s horizon at the blue, blue earth beyond. It had been seven days since he had been hurled into orbit atop SpaceX’s most powerful booster rocket…. Continue reading
Last night I came upon a poem I had never heard before. I heard it in, of all places, an episode of the old “Perry Mason” show (“The Case of the Envious Editor”, first shown in 1961). One of the characters recited the poem, and I found it striking enough… Continue reading
Here in my home office, I have a window that looks out on my side yard. There are several trees that are real close, and I get to watch the squirrels running up and down all day. Well, this morning I witnessed a scene I’ve never seen before. A small… Continue reading