THE PAST

We are connected with the distant past and the faraway future. The atoms in our body, all cooked inside ancient stars, link us back to the beginnings of time; Continue reading Our Connection to the Future →

Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study

A Harvard study followed 268 undergraduates from the classes of 1938-1940 for 75 years, regularly collecting data on various aspects of their lives. Continue reading Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study →

In a previous post, I commented on Emma Green’s review of Peter Watson’s: The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God. Since then I have finished reading this magisterial work. Continue reading Peter Watson: The Age of Atheists →

Thought a bit more about nostalgia today on my morning walk. Continue reading Walking & Thinking →

Mary Jane Hurley Messerly

The following is a letter I wrote to my mother over 20 years ago. I reprint it on mother’s day today in remembrance of my mother. Continue reading Mother’s Day Tribute →