by Morning Reflections | Jul 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereGreat cities should have an iconic centerpiece.That, at least, was the thinking of the planning committee for the Paris Centennial in 1889 – a World’s Fair that would coincide with the 100th anniversary of...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereHis classmates would never have voted him Most Likely to Succeed.He pressed the scales at something like 300 pounds. He was shy and spoke slowly, if he happened to speak at all. His fellow students...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWho’s the most famous Egyptian of all time?That would have to be a minor, inconsequential pharaoh who came to power at age nine and died at the ripe old age of 19. There’s no indication that King...
by Morning Reflections | Jul 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThe people of Holland have had a centuries-old love affair with tulips.For a brief stretch of time that passion bordered on insanity. Tulips grow wild toward the eastern end of the Mediterranean....
by Morning Reflections | Jul 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereA surprising number of astronomers believe it’s out there somewhere.Planet Nine.No, not Pluto, the iconic “ninth planet” that was discovered in 1930, but then downgraded to the status of dwarf planet...
