Photo of the Week: Icy Spring Wonderland

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ice encases the buds and stems of the Potentilla bush.

It wasn’t the normal pitter-patter of spring rain that woke me up this morning. Rather it was a crackling sound, the sound of freezing rain falling against the bedroom window. When I looked outside, I saw the rain had encased the buds, stems, and everything else in a clear, shimmering sheet of ice. And while… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Icy Spring Wonderland

TED Talk: Why the Pencil is Perfect [Video]

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cups of brown and yellow eraser-topped pencils

The Dixon Ticonderoga.

I can still see the bright yellow Dixon Ticonderoga pencil with the perfect sharp tip sitting on my third grade desk as I waited for my teacher to hand out math tests.

My pencil always had to have a sharp tip.

Which meant I spent a fair amount of time sharpening it at the pencil sharpener, much to my teacher Mrs. Simpson’s frustration.

Before she could pass the tests out to my row, I picked up my pencil, twirled it around with my fingers, switched it to my left hand, and started tapping it on the palm of my right hand.

And that’s when it happened. Continue reading TED Talk: Why the Pencil is Perfect [Video]

Photo of the Week: Can You Hear Me Now?

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Unique telephone carvings on the outside walls of the Cincinnati Bell building in downtown Cincinnati.

Wait, can you go around the block again? I saw something interesting on that building and want to check it out.

That’s what I asked my husband when we were in Cincinnati, driving around downtown at dusk, looking for a place to eat dinner.

We circled the block and slowly came up to the building again. And I confirmed what I saw. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Can You Hear Me Now?

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