The Pied Piper
According to legend, a colorfully dressed musician arrived in the German town Hamlin. With his hypnotic tune, all the rats from the city followed him to their death in the river. But when the king refused to pay him as agreed, the pied piper led all the children away, never to be seen again. More […]
Brain Games (Part 3 of 3)
I’m getting older. If I think that’s not the case, I need only compare my mirror image with my four-year-old driver’s license. I keep wondering when the difference will be so significant that I can’t get through airport security. The hair on my head that hasn’t turned loose has turned white, which I’ve recently learned […]
Brain Games (Part 2 of 3)
These days, so much emphasis has been placed on winning, we can easily forget the importance of how and why we play the game. When winning is all that matters, we’ll do whatever it takes to win. All forms of cheating are okay—as long as we don’t get caught. Thankfully, when I was a kid, […]
Brain Games (Part 1 of 3)
In high school, I competed with a neighbor boy my age, both physically and academically. We tied a handlebar rope swing high in the pecan tree in his front yard. Taking turns grabbing the bar, we swung out from the porch and leaped as far across the lawn as we could. Who could go the […]