As we sat down, we each took out some paper and checked the blackboard for the day’s prompt: Someone you admire. Easy. My great aunt came to mind immediately as I began to write in my girlish scrawl. The page was filled in what seemed like moments. It was always like this. Mrs. Gingrich’s Advanced English […]
Bees Are Small but Not Insignificant
Last weekend, just 200 yards away from the Ironman Coeur d’Alene triathlon, a semi truck carrying 400 beehives overturned, spilling it’s cargo on the freeway. There were an estimated 2 million bees inside, many of which were killed either by the crash, or by the foam that the cleanup crew used on them afterward. Millions of […]