Have you ever come across an old story you’d completely forgotten existed? I did, just the other day, and it gave me a nostalgic smile.
The Most Complicated Pathogen: Borrelia
A groundbreaking study about Lyme Disease from Harvard on the complicated genetic nature of Borrelia burgdorferi
That Young Black Magic
It often happens that our animal friends bring us light during dark moment, laughter in sorrow, and strength in times of weakness.
Nostalgia
When we are old, life seems to go from Christmas to Christmas. The years in between holiday seasons rush by faster and faster, a blur of color and sound. We look forward to what remains, and behind to what has been. What is behind stretches out in vivid detail, with Christmases standing out like the bright lights on the tree of life. What lies ahead feels frighteningly brief, as we know how fast those Christmases will follow one up on another until we, too, become stars in the sky.
Practice Random Kindness
Random acts of kindness still happen. They are out there. Though the norm has changed, and acts of cruelty, racism, and intolerance are rampant, the kindness in the human heart is still there. At least with some (and I want to say many, maybe even most, though the other kind are louder and get top billing in the press) humans.
Welcome, Autumn
Autumn is without a doubt my favorite season. It is the time of year when the world begins to grow quiet, life settles down, and the Earth prepares for sleep. The birds are migrating south, squirrels and chipmunks are gathering their stores for the winter, and the animals that hibernate are gorging themselves to put…
Gayle Nastasi 