Four years ago, millions of Americans learned a new term: “polar vortex.”
The term had been around for a while. First described in the middle of the 19th century, it was named by scientists who were studying the upper atmosphere around the North and South poles in 1952....
Nothing is just for laughs
Barbara was born in southwest Nova Scotia, and we spend a few weeks each summer in the 150-year-old family home that was built astride the tidal Abrams River for a family of fishermen/farmers who...
Timing is as important to successful messaging as the message itself
Whether you love him or hate him, know that Donald Trump is president because he has an instinctive feel for what messages are likely to move people at a given time. He was an early adherent to the...
What’s in a word? Ask your pooch
I’ve had dogs most of my life, and not much that they do surprises me anymore. So a Washington Post story about dogs’ ability to understand spoken language as well as intonation...