Beads and Beyond

In the past, as today, men, women, and children adorned themselves with beads. In tribal cultures still, certain beads are often worn from birth until death and then are buried with their owner for the afterlife. Abrasion due to daily wear alters the surface features of beads, and if they are buried for long the effects of corrosion can further

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Hot on your paper trail

Think about this: Some things are only true and valid if they are rendered in black and white. A piece of paper can mean the world. Each home (or household) comes with its set of documents — such as papers to prove ownership (title) and to protect (insurance). You may liken these documents to the four walls of your home.

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Random acts of kindness

There is no place like home, Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz reminds us. Truly, most of us attribute our belief systems and the way we do things to how we were raised at home. We are grateful to have been encouraged to read, to have been exposed to music, to have woken up to the aroma of a great

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Search for who you are

Self-search used to be a big deal. One of the most famous aphorisms attributed to Socrates even goes as far to say that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” These days, self-search simply refers to Googling yourself (or whatever your search engine of choice is) – an act that may elicit some sort of embarrassment for those who think

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Parents’ guidelines to kids and internet safety

Oscar Wilde once said, “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” Anonymity – for good or ill – brings down inhibitions, and the internet’s anonymous nature empowers its users to do things they normally wouldn’t do. This additional complexity intensifies the already danger-laden landmine that

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