According to Mick

One of our favorite fall events is watching our ginkgo tree drops its leaves.  The ginkgo tree is a "living fossil" with its origins dating back 270 million years. It is a gymnosperm. There are ...

So begins a new look for our website and a personal journey. I have long been confused by the changing nature of patriotism in America. As a kid growing up, it was simple. Patriotism was love of ...

The average human face has around 42 muscles. Some are for basic things like chewing, but most are for expressing feelings and emotions. A slight uplifted eyebrow can express much without a spoken ...

Our collective national self-image is largely formed by an evolving popular culture. The lore of the American West that says we are a gun-toting, independent, self-reliant people is largely the cr...

Frequently really good things can arise from adversity, hardship and unhappiness. Such is the case with the founding of the Girl Scouts on this date in 1912. Born to privilege in Savanah, GA in 18...

The Berlin premier of F. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu occurred on this day in 1922. The film’s full title was Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. By today’s standards it isn’t overly scary, but it is beautif...

For a moment think about what banks do… You may think of the friendly Baily Building and Loan in It’s a Wonderful Life, loaning your deposits to your neighbors at a small fee so your community can ...

It is human nature in times of distress to want to blame others for our problems, to find a scapegoat. We frequently blame people who are different than us, people we feel threatened by, usually pe...

With pitchers and catchers already at spring training, and the first baseball games about to begin, it’s good to recognize the birthday of possibly the greatest shortstop who ever played the game,...