by sworel | Dec 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Consider this, apparently even after death, the human brain lives on for maybe seven minutes, perhaps rehearsing the best memories of your life. I based that thought on an article written by a science writer, Maryam Clark. She was reviewing a published study in...
by sworel | Nov 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
This week most of us will gather with friends and loved ones and gorge ourselves on turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy. (Throw in some black olives, jellied cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie and I will be right over!) And at that gathering, there is often an...
by sworel | Nov 17, 2024 | 2024, Uncategorized
As a lover of words, I really enjoy books that help me understand the nuances behind some of the stories in our Bible. In Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ book, “Lessons in Leadership,” the translation of a Hebrew term recently lit up a story for me. In this book, Sacks’ first...
by sworel | Nov 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
The next few days will be filled with anxiety, frustration and disappointment for manyAmericans. In fact, the American Psychological Association Stress in America poll revealed that69% of American adults are reporting that the 2024 Presidential election is a...
by sworel | Oct 6, 2024 | 2024, Uncategorized
For my first two years in college, I attended the University of Maryland’s campus in Munich, Germany. One weekend, I went on a kind of field trip to the nearby concentration camp known as Dachau. That camp was liberated from the Nazis in April 1945 but many of the...
by sworel | Mar 17, 2024 | 2024, Musings, Uncategorized
Declaring someone to be dead, doesn’t always make it so. In 1937, a Frenchman, Angelo Hays, was racing his motorcycle and crashed into a brick wall headfirst. There were many injuries, and the doctors could not feel a pulse, so he was declared dead. His family held a...
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