From a heat perspective, the week of August 20, 2023 was as brutal as any I’ve witnessed in central Arkansas.  Not only was it a scorcher of a week, it was without precipitation, making the...

C.S. Lewis is quoted quite a bit in this little blog. He was hugely influential in his time and his writings continue to resonate today. He was a medieval scholar who wrote incredible works on...

In the Victor Hugo book Les Misérables, the protagonist Jean Valjean, after being released from prison, eats a hearty meal at a church provided by its staff and then spends the night.  He arises early...