All the Math we Need to Know
Don’t we all sometimes look in a direction that is not a point on any compass? Don’t we keep drawing the measure of a...
Three Steps from the Edge
For much of my life, I was nervous around heights. That’s why I took up hang gliding. It took some determined work and a...
Gaia Wept
The gods of the Ancient Greeks, still invoked by the children of Gaia thousands of cycles around the Sun later—Hermes, Zeus, Apollo and all...
Sharing the Dark
A man who had been blind since birth was sitting in the waiting area, listening for the announcement that his flight was ready to...
A Chair by the Side of the Road
The Three Musketeers’ motto–“All for one and one for all”—is more than an expression of loyalty to companions-in-arms. It expresses a fundamental truth of...
Signing up for the Future
The words were emblazoned on a banner strung between two buildings bordering the plaza. The letters were as tall as giraffes and the dot...
The Air is so Still
All morning, I could hear light rain rapping against the sunroom roof, tapping out a rhythm to accompany the melody of a windchime. It’s...
Waving to the Bullet Train
It’s not every day that I learn something new; even less often do I understand something familiar in a fresh way. But a few...
A Tooth for a Tooth
If I could access memories of other lifetimes, would I recognize possibilities that are slipping by unnoticed in this one? Does George Santayana’s maxim—...
The Hour has Grown Late
I had been on this planet for less than a single turn around its sun, when I knew that my predecessor had fallen to...