Discovering England — without a cell phone
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
“I’m sorry, sir, we’re fully booked,” said the smiling, white-haired woman busily tending luxuriant purple flowers in front of Wheatleys Farm B&B in Ashton Keynes, …
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Bicycling Below Sea Level
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
Holland is the land of the bicycle. Around 1900, when industrial countries had the choice between bicycles and cars, Holland did not ignore the cyclists, …
The Next Parenting Challenge
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
The total time a high school senior spends on electronic media—texting, internet, gaming, chat—is six hours a day.
This statistic appears in psychologist Jean Twenge’s …
How fast does a snowflake fall?
By Jim Payne
Reader Contributor
How fast do snowflakes fall? Do they come down at 50 miles per hour? Or 20? Or perhaps as slow as 10 mph? Could a …
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