Some humans see themselves as the alpha dog, perhaps as the leader of the pack, when it comes to other members of the animal kingdom. But this may be an inappropriate form of hubris not all humans share. Here’s a link to what most consider the top 10 smartest animals: 10 smartest animals in the world - Yahoo Video Search Results Turning SafeSearch off may result in the display of Web, Video and Image search results of a mature or sexually…video.search.yahoo.com

It is an appropriate time to revisit gifts and gifting. As one year closes and another is upon us, much of the world participates in gift sharing and exchanging. In recent years, with some reluctance, I asked my adult daughter what she wanted for Christmas. I felt a bit awkward…

You will read this in English, but it is not necessarily the language I ordinarily use. The Almighty understands every one of the over 7000 spoken languages on Earth, as well as some Earthlings would likely not understand, perhaps used elsewhere in the universe. We angels are also gifted in…

In my commute between home and workplace, a distance of something over 150 km, I pass a weigh station. I pay it little heed, because, driving a passenger car, it does not directly concern me. Or so I might have thought. In 1623, British poet John Donne wrote: “No man…

I don’t watch a lot of football, compared with some. And, when I do watch, it’s not to learn lessons; it’s to be entertained. But, on occasion, there are lessons that may be learned, if we’re willing to be taught. And get past the entertainment. NFL football can be brutal. …

“No act of kindness, not matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop (620–564 B.C.), Greek slave and fabulist (writer of “Aesop’s Fables”) I’ve come to believe that the main reason we were put on Earth is to help others. We could have been born in another country. To different parents. …

Realtors are fond of using the expression: ‘Time is of the essence” in characterizing transactions of their clients’ buying and selling real estate. It could also be used to accurately depict what may lie just ahead on the political horizon. The November mid-term elections are just around the corner. If…

The above words were used by famed physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955) to describe the phenomenon of quantum entanglement. There were likely few things in life Einstein wanted to understand but didn’t or couldn’t. This may have been one even he had difficulty wrapping his head around. Like some others of…

Particularly in the Old Testament of Holy Writ, monuments, often of stone, were erected by different people to help remind them and others (e.g. their offspring) of a particular event. A battle, a dream, or maybe nothing. The absence of something. The son of king David, Absalom, erected one in…