The Yellow Squash Does Sweat...
"The yellow squash will sweat." Or, so said the recipe. I bought some fresh, yellow squash day before yesterday. Grabbed an internet recipe off the web with instructions for making squash and sweet onion. The recipe instructed me to slice the squash, quarter inch in width, and place the pieces si

posted 1:56:48pm May. 25, 2013 | read full post »

Happiness...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau said, "Every man wants to be happy but in order to be so he needs first to understand what happiness is." Understand "what" happiness is? Don't we all know "what" it is?  Maybe not. Ask people what happiness is and you'll get as many different definitions as there are flavors

posted 9:12:53pm May. 24, 2013 | read full post »

How to Control Your Mind and Thoughts?
Maybe you don't have any trouble with your thoughts, but I do. Thoughts pop into my mind without my permission faster than a mosquito bites my skin on a sweltering summer afternoon. And, equally without my permission. Descartes, father of modern philosophy, pointed to both the distinguishing char

posted 7:33:23pm May. 20, 2013 | read full post »

I Was Born with a "W H Y" Chromosome...
I was born with a "W H Y" chromosome which is why I've been asking questions all my life. Unfortunately, many religious people are threatened whenever you question faith. But, my own opinion is, until you question your faith, you have no faith. Yes, of course, you may have beliefs.  And, many of t

posted 11:41:37am May. 19, 2013 | read full post »

The Madness that Must End Among Christians...
The Dalai Lama is coming to Louisville this Sunday. I was thinking the other day, "It's about time. After all, I visited his part of the world for the first time when I was but fourteen." It's true. It was the first of many trips around the world that I was fortunate to take. My mother was a t

posted 12:42:56pm May. 17, 2013 | read full post »