Earlier this month, the Ranch shivered under sub-teen temperatures. The giant double palm in front of Benedict House that we feared would eat us alive someday may have bit the dust. Its giant fronds have turned brown. We won’t know if it survived until several weeks of warm weather have settled in. But already this…
That Extra Chromosome!
Kelly’s 25th birthday party in the Pavilion with all her buddies. On a recent trip to Kansas, at about mile #569 a voice chirps from the back seat: “Mom!” “What, Kelly?” “What does that extra chromo, chromso, chromodome do?” Above: Karyotype Trisomy 21 She was talking of course, about the extra 21st chromosome that…
Cold & Common Sense
Michael braves the chill! Common Sense January 7, 2009 The wind is howling, and the thermometer is dropping. The coldest temperature in ten years is predicted for tonight, so today will be spent getting ready. Every spigot, every potentially exposed pipe, a multitude of plants, and a Noah’s ark of animals must be protected. And…
Today is Epiphany. As Kelly would say, “It’s my favorite.” When all the folderol of the season, sacred and secular, has begun to quiet down, one of the highest holidays of the liturgical churches takes place to commemorate the recognition of the world that new Light has come into it. Personally, I feel that Epiphany…