Solar Powered Cooking Oven

Solar cooking ovens are an inexpensive and easy way to make every day Earth Day. Since I have owned mine, I have experienced lower energy bills, reduced carbon footprint, a cooler kitchen during summer, set and forget cooking and delicious tasting food. They are inexpensive, low-tech and downright amazing.
I live on solar power (“off [...]

Big Centipedes in Hawaii

This big centipede was recently on my deck in Maui. I measured it at five inches long and one inch wide. The tropics support an abundance of life, and centipedes are no exception.

Children Learn More When Parents Listen

A recent study shows something that most parents already know: listening to your child helps them solve problems better.

“The basic idea is that it is really effective to try to get kids to explain things themselves instead of just telling them the answer,” says Bethany Rittle-Johnson, the study’s lead author. “Explaining their reasoning, to [...]