C a r o l y n D a u g h t e r s

I am made of light; I am made of stars. That’s what the tattoo says on my right arm. Since it’s written in Spanish, I often translate the words for people. I usually get one of three responses:

Response 1: Huh?

Response 2: Cool.

Response 3: That’s totally true. Stars get their light from the energy released by nuclear fusion reactions at their cores. They’re the same reactions that created chemical elements like carbon or iron — the building blocks which make up the world around us. After the Big Bang, … Continue Reading

You don’t have any free time today. You don’t even have time to be reading this blog. You’ve been up for hours, wakened by the kids fighting, by the dog begging to be let out, by the construction workers down the street, by that Adele song you used to love before you realized the radio station was contractually obligated to play it 842 times a day, by your internal clock telling you that you have to be somewhere for some reason RIGHT NOW!

It’s Monday. Big week ahead. Things to do, people to see, places to go. I get it. But you made … Continue Reading