Category: figuring
Time off
We’re wrapping the everydays for the indefinite future. The site launched not quite a year ago to give a voice people with opinions and an urge to be creative. I want to thank every single person who has taken the time and effort to share their thoughts, and all of you who have stopped by …
What a difference a change makes?
THE QUESTION: Has a piece of modern technology changed your life? ROSS As I delve into this question I become increasingly aware that technology changes our life in many ways every day. Often we are not even aware of the technology or the way it has transformed us on a personal level and as a …
Our own epilogues
THE QUESTION: Do you believe there is an afterlife, and why? JIM I’m just not sure how it would work. CATHERINE There have to be answers out there somewhere… Right? Because I want to know why. Why can’t dogs live to be 70? And how come there are so many bugs? I mean, do …
Bedrock
THE QUESTION: What is your earliest memory? CATHERINE Shabbona is a small village in DeKalb County, Illinois. The population was 925 at the 2010 census. I almost grew up there. My parents had been looking for a house, and came upon the one in this photo. Dad made an offer. They accepted. Everything was …
The difference is Y
Question: What, in your opinion, is the main difference between men and women? JIM To be scared or not to be…the difference between the fearsomes and the things that are feared. There’s a monster in the crawlspace, there’s a door that won’t latch, do these clothes make an outfit, have I made the right choice, …
Daily Everests
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: What challenge do you have to overcome each day? TINA As a parent we all want our offspring to grow up big and strong, of mind and body. It’s not always a easy journey but a journey nonetheless. In every home, I’m generalising here, I imagine there is a wall somewhere which is a …
Haven’t we been here before?
We’ve been on hiatus for a few weeks, and before the cast returns next week, here are two submissions from frequent contributors on the following question: What is the most serious dilemma facing the children in your country today? JUDY I am not sure what the most serious dilemma facing children today is. Each …
Relativity
QUESTION: How long is now? ROSS I imagine that any answer to this question will depend on a person’s individual perspective. It can be a simple answer or a complicated one. An existentialist probably thinks that now lasts forever. Now is always with us, even if the events that compose now are ever changing. …
From little things, big things grow
The Question: How similar is your life today to the life you imagined as a child? MARG The innocence of childhood allowed me to believe that I would grow up to be a vet who had a large cattle farm and spent half the day riding horses. My farm house had a large kitchen with …