When I was younger, I thought light and dark were binary. It wasn’t until I became interested in photography that I learned that light...

The first thing in my mind when I read the Generations challenge was trees. As a child I loved the idea of determining a tree’s age by...

I have deep roots in Washington, D.C., despite not ever having lived there. When we were young, my siblings and I had summers with my...

My husband is a huge car fan and I often get drafted into watching automobile programs on TV. A few weeks ago, we were watching a show...

Having recently suffered a bicycle accident that left me in the hospital for several weeks, foremost in my mind is the irreversibility of...

When I was searching for inspiration for my Geology piece, a good friend suggested the Paint Pots at Yellowstone National Park. I had...

I confess I know very little about geology. My forebears studied botany and medicine, so my exposure to science centered on those areas....

I have always loved the ocean. My “happy place” is the beach. When I face out at the water, all my troubles are behind me. I am awed by...

I have a baby picture of my husband in my bedroom and I look at it every day. He was so cute! I wonder at the miracle of life and how...

In 225 BC, Philo of Byzantium wrote about the seven wonders, things that must be seen. In 2007 AD, over 100 million people voted on...