When a lobster outgrows its shell, it wedges itself between two rocks and moves around until the old shell cracks and breaks loose, freeing the new shell and uncovering a bigger body. When a snake grows beyond the limits of its container, the skin sheds and leaves a translucent memory of what ...

Is it just me or is OZ in the air we breathe? For the last 2 years we have seen 2 remakes of the classic story with some additions (The “Wicked” series). Personally, this past October, I helped with vocal supervision for “C.O.A.C.H.” homeschool group’s fantastic production of the ...

Modern technology is wonderful, but it pales in comparison to the human mind. Recently I found myself on the Ohio Turnpike traveling through Northeast Ohio. Anyone familiar with their geography and who follows the weather even a little bit, understands that the turnpike there is right in ...

I recently matched with someone on a dating app and we started ‘chatting.’ We graduated from the dating app chat box to exchanging numbers and texting. I thought this was a good sign. Our conversation was sparse and mostly was focused on trying to make a “dinner date” happen. I ...

The skilled trades have become hot of late. That has many young people dropping plans to attend college. Meanwhile, some desk-bound professionals are said to gaze longingly at nearby construction sites. They daydream about trading spreadsheets for tool belts. They imagine becoming plumbers, ...

A brutal cold snap has gripped New York City and much of the East Coast, freezing streets, sidewalks -- and, it seems, any remaining sense of civic restraint. In Washington Square Park, a group of adults began hurling snowballs and other objects at responding officers from the New York City ...