Ardith shepherded this guy to safety We live in Houston and last Thursday got hit with a Spielberg-class storm. 100 mph winds, heavy rain, memorable lightning. We’re well away from the nearest pond/lake and a turtle ended up in our yard. Power was out for 3 days and is back…
Good book, bad cover This book was gifted to me by a friend who warned: Don’t be put off by the cover. That’s good advice. The fang-baring baboon instantly gave me the impression that the book was going to have animals attacking people – rabid primates munching on unsuspecting children…
Several years ago, I read Gonzalez’ Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. I thought it had so much to say that I even used it as a case study in seminars. In that book, Gonzalez examines why, in very similar circumstances – sometimes identical – some people make it through,…