Only about a third of Americans believe that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is a scientific theory that has been well supported by the evidence, while just as many say that it is just one of many theories and has not been supported by the evidence. The rest say they don’t know enough to say….
The Good Life
From the website of the Positive Psychology Center comes some interesting insights on the Good Life: Some of the findings of positive psychology seem like common sense. Does this add anything to what we already know about the good life? It is easy to claim something is obvious after the evidence is in. It is…
Grandma
My grandmother Vivian Luce Swanstrom would have been 106 today. I remember her fondly every year on her birthday.
The Bloggers T-shirt
A new t-shirt for bloggers from my old favorite, Despair.com:
El Dia de los Muertos
Halloween should be the genealogists’ holiday. Our Celtic ancestors believed that on this night, Samhain (pronounced sow-en), the dead walked the earth. It was possible to commune with those who had crossed over, and necessary to appease those of them who might have an idea they could return to the world of the living. Our…
