by Morning Reflections | May 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Electrical engineers aren’t usually considered public celebrities worthy of deep affection. Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865 – 1923) was the exception. At barely four feet tall, he was instantly...
by Morning Reflections | May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. It’s amazing how many TV commercials and printed advertisements portray the joy of being at rest. A woman gazes out her window, savoring a cup of coffee. A couple yawn and stretch on...
by Morning Reflections | May 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. It’s not always easy to appreciate modern concert music. That’s especially true when it comes to the radical creations of artists like the French composer Pierre Boulez (pronounced Boo-LEZZ, 1925-2016) and the...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. Cattle are not the brightest lights in the barnyard chandelier. As Winnie the Pooh might describe them, they are creatures “of little brain.” But in one regard they are absolutely brilliant – the idiot savants of...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. “Mommy, why did God make mosquitoes?” That’s a very good question. And it’s one that grown-ups annually find themselves asking as spring weather morphs into the signature heat and...