In the most recent issue of Penn State’s Research magazine, which I receive because I’m a member of the National Association of Science Writers, there was a little article that caught my eye. It was titled “High school biology teachers reluctant to endorse evolution in class.” I find this concept somewhat shocking. According to the…
Today is my half-birthday. How do I know? Well, today also happens to be my father’s birthday. When I was little, I used to get ViewMaster slides for half-birthday presents on my dad’s birthday. My favorite ones involved Winnie-the-Pooh and the one I best remember is Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Tree. Receiving these gifts made…
I’ve just had the most interesting day filled with wonderful and, at times odd, male attention. In fact, some of it was so odd I just have to blog about it! The day started off with a nice IM chat with someone I’ve “met” at OKCupid, a dating website. It was filled with light-hearted fun…
I had an interesting dream last night. I dreamed I was working for a computer company that had a big office building with very few people working in it. Some of my friends from past jobs worked there. I was only there temporarily but, was doing my best work for them. One day, I go…
Last night, I had my first Cosmopolitan. When I asked the waiter which of the drinks on the Happy Hour menu were sweet, he suggested that was the best one to start out with. Boy, he wasn’t wrong. One taste and I wondered where that drink had been all my life. This year (and I…
I just got my Catherine Ponder newsletter, Keys to Prosperity, in the mail today and it opened with this quote: “God measures souls by their capacity for entertaining His best angel, love.” Interesting, especially since this morning’s angel card for me was Chantall, whose meaning is “New romance is imminent – either with a newcomer,…
You can read this post or follow along as I read it. https://carmaspencewriter.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/whatiscreativity.mp3 cre·a·tiv·i·ty/ˌkrēāˈtivitē/ Noun: The use of the imagination or original ideas, esp. in the production of an artistic work. For some reason I felt called to write about creativity today. I guess because I’ve been feeling both very creative and creatively frustrated…
Last month, SyFy aired a two-part miniseries called Neverland. In one scene the Indians and pirates are fighting. Many Indians are dying for they only have spears and arrows, while the pirates have guns. Then, the tribe’s holy man, played by Raoul Trujillo, opens his arms and stands in front of his people. In that…
I’ve been keeping a running bibliography of books I read since 1993. I keep it in a little spiral note book and jot down the date I start and finish reading each book. This habit has proved helpful when I find myself re-reading a book that I didn’t remember reading … but everything feels like…
I live in an ideal location for haunting inspiration. Whenever there is a siren in the neighborhood, it is followed by the howling of dogs. I can even discern individual voices among the baying. There are the rottweilers that live down the street. They add a deep, consistent tone to the overall melody. There is…