Kids these days
Halloween. Trick-or-treaters at the door. Not sure if we’d stocked up on enough candy, my wife and I offered a choice: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups… Read More »Kids these days
Tom Birdseye
Tom Birdseye is the critically-acclaimed author of 19 young adult, middle grade, picture book, and non-fiction works.
This is a test
Apparently Socrates, the dude credited with the founding of Western philosophy, came up with this idea of a Super-Duper Magic Ring (Greek term from the… Read More »This is a test
Pavlov’s Dog
Okay, so this was the riddle I made up: “What can walk for hours—constant forward momentum, one foot in front of the other, right-left-right-left—yet go… Read More »Pavlov’s Dog
Riddle me this, riddle me that:
What can walk for hours—constant forward momentum, one foot in front of the other, right-left-right-left—yet go nowhere and at the same time go anywhere imaginable?
Thinking about Equality
On Wednesday, September 22, planet Earth wasn’t tilted toward the sun, or away from it. Our spinning blue marble was straight up on its axis… Read More »Thinking about Equality
The physics of light
Deep in the Mt. Hood Wilderness, miles from the nearest road, we came upon a pile of sticks heaped inside an unused fire ring. On… Read More »The physics of light
Big foot/yeti
I’m home from a 70-mile trek on the Pacific Crest Trail—outstanding in so many ways, number one being the time to do it (I live… Read More »Big foot/yeti
Listening Carefully
John Muir famously said, “The mountains are calling and I must go.” Gandhi offered this advice: “There is more to life than increasing its speed.”… Read More »Listening Carefully
Double duty
You’d think that after 47 years of marriage, Debbie and I would know all that there is to know about each other. (Maybe, at times,… Read More »Double duty
Thomas & thomas
My grandson Griffin—age 5 and in my humble opinion the most wonderful grandson of all time—gave me a Thomas the Train for my birthday. On… Read More »Thomas & thomas
