“Trees Don’t Grow to the Sky” (Do They??) True or false: “trees don’t grow to the sky.” Answer: false (sort of). While it turns out that giant Sequoia’s don’t in fact keep growing vertically, they do keep growing horizontally. That is, their trunks keep growing (also their branches and limbs). 3,200 Years Old Young How...Read More
Casualty: ‘Man of the Year’ Once upon a time — make that “Time” — the man of the year selections by print weeklies Time and Newsweek actually carried some heft. Now, with the imminent demise of Newsweek’s print issue, and Time’s version likely not far behind (proposed headline: “Time Running Out?”), it seems . ....Read More
Removing the “Capitol” from “Capitol Gridlock” “A rolling stone gathers no moss.” –Proverb “Seven of the richest American counties in 2011 were in the Washington, D.C. region. Fairfax, Loudoun and Arlington counties, all in Northern Virginia, have higher median incomes than every other county in the United States. Whence comes this wealth? Mostly from Washington’s...Read More
Minnesota Winner: Rogers (Rogers??) With the possible exception of a couple, rougher inner city neighborhoods, I don’t know that there’s a BAD place to raise kids in the Twin Cities — or the entire state of Minnesota, for that matter. As a parent of three young kids, it seem like that’s the focus of the...Read More
“Schmutz Face” I was trying to get my 10 year-old to clean up his face before dropping him off at a play date this morning. Clearly, it bothered me much more than him. As in, “not at all.” “I’ll just say it’s a cut,” he told me matter-of-factly (and no, that didn’t fly with me).Read More
The Hardest Date for Dyslexic’s First, “12/12/12” got everyone’s attention. Then, the would-be Mayan Apocalypse — yesterday, 12/21/12 — loomed large. But yesterday was especially challenging for a group of people without a doomsayers’ streak: those with dyslexia (I’ve got a mild case). Surviving the Apocalypse and Other Challenges (Like, Spelling It) As if the...Read More
