What does it mean to be free? There are synonyms: unfettered, footloose, able to make choices, capable of acting at will, and more. But what would freedom mean in my life? It would mean that the paralyzing indecision that seems to dog my steps would not hobble me as it has in the past and does to this day. It…
Link Magnets?
Hundreds of millions of people now know that today (August 14) is Hans Christian Ørsted’s birthday. Today many of them even know, that without his 1820 discovery that electric currents induce magnetism, long-distance communication in 2009 might be conducted via megaphone and carrier pigeon. Yesterday, most of those hundreds of millions had never heard of Hans Christian Ørsted. So what happened?…
Minding Your Ps and Rs
When did you learn your ABCs? Easy, right? Just like love… Michael Jackson thought he knew that at 12. Had he forgotten by the time he turned 50? The thing about love is, it’s tricky. Most of us, when we talk about love, have no idea what we mean, or even what we want to mean. Just last Sunday, our…
Extravagant Love
It’s the middle of the night. I’m wide awake–can’t go back to sleep. I try counting sheep, but my mind is too busy for that. I start to notice the individuality of each big woolly creature as it jumps over the fence, and I wonder which one fathered Mary’s little lamb. Not a fruitful (or sleep-inducing) line of thought. Then…