The folder on my desk says Presbyterian General Surgery Hernia. Inside it says I have an inguinal hernia on the right side. My first inguinal hernia was on the left side about 15 years ago. I suppose my body wanted to be symmetrical, ha!

We begin by defining what ADHD is. Later, we switch to a person called Kim who has wrestled with ADHD all her life. She tells about the way ADHD has held her back, from Elementary school to Retirement.

Simplexity is a new word that means a simple concept, but one that may be complex to put into practice. Here are two new examples. Scroll down to the end to see a list of earlier simplexities.

Independence, Kansas, recorded 1F degree. And a couple from Minnesota said it was -25F degrees up there. In Dallas the streets were frozen. This was mid-January 2026. But in Scottsdale, Arizona, the temperature nearly every day of January reached 75 F degrees. We missed the Great Freeze, and were very thankful.

The Message of Good King Wenceslas

I woke up last week, sat up in bed, peered out the window, and saw these balloons close up. Only in Albuquerque!

Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving was quiet this year. Independence, Kansas, was too quiet, so we ventured to a casino, run by the Osage tribe, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Encounters with Famous Scientists