Sally had the ride of her life. The first woman in space went where no woman had gone before. Sally Ride died this week of pancreatic cancer. Too young. What a trailblazer – a woman growing up in the 50s and 60s to become a scientist, space traveler and, as the world has just learned, a lesbian. So now pundits… Read more →
Every time I start thinking about those first 17 days (not to mention months to come) for the Chilean miners I get goosebumps. Guess is they were doing lots of praying. Given two spoonfuls of tuna and half a cookie every two days, they sure weren’t doing much eating. And then the miracle happened. The drill bit through the rock… Read more →
