A STONE is broken by the last stroke of a hammer. This doesn't mean that the first stroke was useless. SUCCESS is the result of...

“What if” posts are not simple writing prompts but supercharged explorations into the many directions a simple prompt can take you. Here...

Candles date back many centuries and their primary purpose was to light homes, to aid travelers at night, and for religious ceremonies....

An earlier post was about the Honey Hunters in Nepal. As I was looking into these brave gatherers, I came across something a little more...

Is it true the term “Bucket List” was not known before the 2007 movie by the same name? Well, according to a Wall Street Journal article,...

Walt Whitman, probably the most noted poet in American history was called by Ezra Pound as “America’s poet… He is America.” And Mary...

Not a tattoo person, never had one, and really have no desire to get one, even though I was a sailor for seven years. Today, the tattoo...

The secret of getting ahead is getting started - Mark Twain

“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although eating honey was a very good thing to do,...

There have been some very creative and ridiculous pranks done on April 1st. For example, the 1957 BBC broadcast of pasta growing on...