More Than Adventure

To a mouse, on turning her up in her nest with the plough. That’s the actual name of a poem. I swear. It was written by Robert Burns, a Scottish poet, in 1785. You know what else? I actually remember reading this poem in high school. And I remember the idea for the poem came [...]

Recently I received an email about the new bus bought for a school in Nepal. The school is run by Maggie Doyne, who first went to Nepal in 2006 after graduating from high school. Upon seeing the poverty she vowed to do something about it so she went home and raised money to build an [...]

Do you want to be excellent or just good enough? And how do you move past “good enough?” In last week’s post I mentioned a book called Moonwalking With Einstein. The book discusses how memory has been used throughout history, techniques to improve your memory, and the people who participate in memory competitions throughout the world. As the [...]

Time flies Why is it the older we are the more time speeds up? When we’re seven years old, summer vacation from school lasts forever. Years later, May turns to September in the blink of an eye. One explanation is the relative age makes a difference.  When we’re five years old, one extra year is [...]

I like to collect quotes and most of them are about risk, courage, persistence, or goals. Striving to be more and do more in life. But one of my favorite quotes is a little bit different. I found the quote when I was reading an article about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The journalist [...]