My children and I were walking up to the Lively House recently one morning when we noticed a large hawk land at the top of a nearby oak tree.  My son excitedly pointed it out to his bird-loving friend.  Soon, a large group of kindergarten through second graders were all standing together on the playground […]

Only a half-century ago [1800], a Christian speaker, mistrustful of men of science told them: ‘Stop finally, and do not dig to hell.’ Today gentlemen, reassured about the steadfastness of our unshakeable faith, we say, dig, dig again; the further down you go, the closer you come to the great mystery of the impotence of […]