Hill Psychology

In my neighborhood in Kearney, Nebraska, everyone had bikes and we went everywhere on them. At every school I attended (elementary, junior high, high school and college), there was a single constant in good weather…full bike racks. Even in the winter, there were a surprising number of hardcore bicyclists (including me) that rode to class, …

Conversing With the Universe

Anyone who has had small children has probably heard them talking out loud to themselves–while at play or when they are lying in bed, just after they wake up or just before they fall asleep. My seven-year-old daughter Samanna picks out a different beanie baby to sleep with every night. She recently said to me, …