It’s been a long time since I thought about the Periodic Table of Elements. I was first introduced to this iconic chart in high school and needed to dig in deeper when I studied biology in college. In a refracted look back on those times, I now realize how important it is to truly know the basics. The table arranges…
The madness that happens in March will soon be upon us. This is the time of year when the college basketball season wraps up with a monster tournament. Some people who usually don’t watch games during the regular season will tune in and follow a favorite team. This is also a time when gambling pools are set up, so you…
Recently M&M’s have been in the news. I thought I would share my refracted M&M’s story. When I was part of TOPS Field Staff, there was a lot of mailing. I would try to get it all ready for each Monday and go to the local post office. Since they didn’t take debit cards, I needed to use cash. There…
I started this journey of a sense-ble look at healthy living about eight months ago. Time really flies when you’re doing something you enjoy. However, the time is finally here — the final installment of this series about senses. Yes, the eighteenth sense is the sense of time. Both my father and his father had great opinions whenever family and…
If you’ve been traveling with me since the beginning of this sense-ble look at healthy living, you knew we would get to this sense sooner or later. The sense of hunger may be the most complicated sense of all. My body letting me know I need to eat something to survive is important. However, why do I eat too much…
I’ve been feeling a little bit nervous and tense lately. I’m really not sure why, and then I realized that this sense-ble look at a healthier lifestyle with eighteen senses was concluding soon. How ironic that the sixteenth sense turns out to be the sense of tension. Now, I’m sure the tension I feel on my belt after this holiday…
I have a sense from the comments I’ve read that you all are enjoying this SENSE-ble look at a healthy lifestyle. I’ve enjoyed writing these refracted blogs and learning from them. I hope you’ll be attracted to the fifteenth sense I’m sharing: magnetoreception. Although not totally understood how sensing magnetic fields work in the animal kingdom, there is much evidence…