Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

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...
Just Stop

Just Stop

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...
Music to Our Ears

Music to Our Ears

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...
Riding Fence

Riding Fence

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...
The Buzz about Mosquitoes

The Buzz about Mosquitoes

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...