Thomas Edison invented the light bulb on his 1,001st try. He said, “I didn’t fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 ...

Have you ever stepped on a gooey wad of gum? Awkward, right? But on one occasion, I didn’t mind some gum on my shoe. My ...

I’m a fan of playing in the snow. Many humans and animals feel the same, as demonstrated by a giant 275-pound male Panda named Tian ...

Have you ever heard of Minnesota Nice? It’s a popular term for my fellow citizens, often validated in my own experience, especially when it comes ...

When my daughters were in grade school, we had a rule they hated. If the temperature dropped to zero or below zero degrees, they had ...

Have you ever noticed how multiple people can look at the same thing and see it differently? Recently my husband Tom and some buddies up ...

I’m not always a fan of car navigation. Most of the time it’s great, especially when I could get totally lost, but every once in ...

Somewhere along the way, we artistic types get all discombobulated. Yes, there is such a word. It means, “To throw into a state of confusion.” ...

To me, creativity is always an adventure, so much so that it seems almost magical. Don’t you remember? When you were a kid, you had ...

As an occasional but not avid gardener, I learned about “thrill, fill, and spill” from a floral designer. A formula for arranging gardens and floral arrangements, the ...