Bulletproof

Bulletproof

Hank and I don’t always get time alone these days, he is very busy with school, chess, skiing, Basque dancing, beyblading, parkour, and tennis to mention most of the activities. When those pursuits aren’t getting his attention his sister Margie is there to...
Wilder

Wilder

The Idaho legislature is back in session for the 2020.  The first day of each new session Idaho Business for Education hosts a Legislative academy and provides an Education related speaker.  This year, Jaime Casap, the global education evangelist for Google was the...
Gold

Gold

I am a consistent reader of the CNN  daily Good Morning News review titled “5 Things”. The new year brought a special edition offering some wisdom for the coming year. The news is overwhelming and 2020 will be more of the same.  Elections, impeachment, climate change,...
Flash Mob Joy to the World

Flash Mob Joy to the World

This is old school now but news to me. I could call it a real “Wynn-er” because he is the semi anonymous friend who posted it to Facebook. The video clip begins with a uniformed cellist taking a chair and beginning to play music from Handel in the great room of the...
Doppelgänger

Doppelgänger

This fine German based word was first seen in print in the 1796 novel, Sienenkas, by Jean Paul.  In English the word would not be capitalized and the “umlat” those two little dots above the a would not be present. Only recently has the word be applied to a paranormal...
A Perfect 10

A Perfect 10

This topic likely conjures up a specific image in your mind.  Although embarrassing, I first thought of the striking blonde woman running down the beach in the romantic comedy 10 to the music of Ravels Bolero. Dudley Moore, described Bo Derek as an 11 until he...