For years, we have looked at pictures from Japan and China and we saw the residents wearing masks because of the air pollution.  Today, we look across the landscape of America as well as throughout other nations and everyone is wearing masks.  However, it isn’t due to air pollution.  It’s due to the ongoing pandemic.… Read More »

Necessity is the mother of invention.  The year is 1845 and Dr. Horace Day, a surgeon, had a need.  How do you make a bandage stick to the skin of a patient?  By combining five different ingredients, Dr. Day had made a homemade adhesive.  This adhesive was applied to strips of fabric, creating the first… Read More »

Have you ever heard of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy?  In layman’s terms, it’s a broken heart.  While romance novels may have described someone as dying from a broken heart, it wasn’t scientifically proven until a case in Japan developed in 1991.  Since then, this condition has been studied by doctors and reported in medical journals across the… Read More »

“My name is Caractacus.  Caractacus Potts.”  Doesn’t have the same ring to it as “My name is Bond, James Bond,” does it?  But, there is a unique connection between the two.  Caractacus Potts is none other than the lead character of the 1968 movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, played by Dick Van Dyke.  James Bond… Read More »

In 1954, Howard Keel and Jane Powell starred in the musical Seven Brides For Seven Brothers.  The story is set in the 1850 Oregon Territory, a place of “God fearin’ folk.”  One day, Adam Pontipee, a backwoodsman comes to town to do some shopping.  Winter is coming on and he needs supplies – and a… Read More »

Throughout history and even today, Jews have been treated with dislike, disdain, or contempt.  From 1791-1917, Jews living in Russia were required to live in the Pale of Settlement, a region on the western side of the Russian Empire.  It is within this region that The Fiddler on the Roof is set. Opening on Broadway… Read More »

It’s been too many years ago to remember when my wife and I actually started enjoying musicals.  Whether live performances or classic Hollywood productions, the powerful orchestration, voices, and choreography transport you to a place that is joyful and fun.  Over the next few devotionals, we are going to look at some of those movies… Read More »

Our quick, spur-of-the-moment jaunt to the grocery store may be a thing of the past according to a Fox News article.  Almost 70% of Americans believe that the post-corona virus era is going to result in new ways we get our food items.  Whether or not you believe this is true, this is what Americans… Read More »

This has to be one of the most unbelievable stories.  I have checked the accuracy of the story and sadly, it is true.  It’s the story about 19-year-old Hannah Sabata from Stromsburg, Nebraska.  Evidently, she was married and had a baby.  This baby had been taken away from her by the authorities due to neglect. … Read More »

One of the prettiest flowers in God’s summer bouquet is the black-eyed Susan.  The colorization pattern of a yellow head with a dark brown or black button middle demonstrates that the black-eyed Susan is a member of the sunflower family.  However, the shape of the petals and size makes it look like a type of… Read More »