Skeptophilia

A couple of days ago I was in my car, listening to Sirius XM Satellite Radio's station Symphony Hall , and was delighted when one of my ...

The first few years my wife and I were married, we had a dog named Doolin. At least I think Doolin was a dog.  The story is that she was bor...

About eighteen years ago, my wife and I went on a vacation to Hawaii.  The trip was awesome, and we had a fantastic time in Kauai, appreciat...

In the 1992 Winter Olympics , there was an eighteen-year-old French figure skater named Laëtitia Hubert . She was a wonderful skater, even b...

I've always been fascinated with memory. From the "tip of the tongue" phenomenon, to the peculiar (and unexplained) phenomeno...

I've recognized for some time that I'm very sound-sensitive.  When I'm around loud, chaotic noise for too long, I get a little f...

Last September I took a job working half-time, providing companion care for a senior gentleman who lives in a full-care facility about twent...

I suppose it's a good sign when what I write grabs me by the emotions and swings me around, and it bodes well for the story having the s...

I ran into a piece of research today that left me scratching my head. It was on the topic of teaching and stress, which (as you might imag...

These days, it's pretty critical to find a way to reduce your stress. It's endemic in our culture.  Between the chaos and noise, t...