By Jim Payne Reader Contributor “I’m sorry, sir, we’re fully booked,” said the smiling, white-haired woman busily tending luxuriant purple flowers in front of Wheatleys Farm B&B in Ashton Keynes, England. This was my...
By Jim Payne Reader Contributor Holland is the land of the bicycle. Around 1900, when industrial countries had the choice between bicycles and cars, Holland did not ignore the cyclists, as most countries did,...
By Jim Payne Reader Contributor The total time a high school senior spends on electronic media—texting, internet, gaming, chat—is six hours a day. This statistic appears in psychologist Jean Twenge’s book entitled “iGen,” about...
By Jim Payne Reader Contributor How fast do snowflakes fall? Do they come down at 50 miles per hour? Or 20? Or perhaps as slow as 10 mph? Could a person run faster than...
