by Morning Reflections | Oct 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here.More than six decades ago, an engineer from the Boeing company boarded a passenger plane driven by propellers. After introducing himself to the man sitting next to him, he began to talk excitedly about...
by Morning Reflections | Jun 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
America lives in the shadow of 9-11. Japan lives in the shadow of a different kind of national disaster, commonly called 3-11. On March 11, 2011, an earthquake of unprecedented strength rocked the country. The massive tremor, which registered 9.0...
by Morning Reflections | May 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Anyone who has ever owned a cat – which is to say, has been owned by a cat – quickly comes to realize they are creatures of deep mystery.And no mystery has been more fascinating over the centuries than the phenomenon of “cat-righting.” How is it possible that...
by Morning Reflections | Jan 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
One of the charms of the Golden Gate Bridge is that it almost appears to be fragile.That’s astonishing – especially since it sits alongside the San Andreas Fault, one of the most active geological features in North America.But engineers are convinced that...
