July 1: Early risers are all business under the hardworking Capricorn Moon. Get organized and plan your day. The pace slows noticeably by midmorning due to Luna’s void of course status. The Moon’s late afternoon arrival in community-oriented Aquarius lifts friendships...

Photo courtesy Cambria If you walk into a Costco, Home Depot or Lowe’s and order a countertop for your kitchen renovation, the store will likely contract with a local fabrication shop, instructing them to make one from a material called engineered stone. Often...

Photo courtesy Gage Skidmore/Flickr Harrison Ford stood in front of Arizona State University’s graduating class a couple of months ago and did something almost no politician in Washington has the courage to do right now. He told a generation of twenty-two-year-olds...

Photo courtesy Facebook Japan Fans Use Blue Bags To Uphold A Cleansing World Cup Tradition After Draw by AP News Those blue bags Japan fans waved in a frenzy after their team got a late tying goal were then used after the final whistle to maintain what has become a...

Photo©tamersaleh/123rf The more we learn about evolution, the more we understand it to be a process of cooperation and symbiosis. We might even call it generous. This cooperation is key. Living alongside a group of people doesn’t automatically lead to increase...

Artwork©xartdesign/123rf “No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.” — Helen Keller Crossroads, contradictions and ironies are recurring themes during the summer months. Choices...

Photo©ShannonFagan/123rf I share the sentiment of writer Eckhart Tolle when he says, “The beginning of freedom is the realization that you are not the voice in your head — but the one who is aware of it.” Now then, if we are not that voice or those voices in our head,...