Author Archives: Warren Ediger

I heard an echo (something you hear again) from the past a few days ago. From my childhood, actually. When I was young, I remember hearing a story – first told, I believe, by a religious leader named Billy Graham … Continue reading →

What should you do when the news is scary (makes you afraid)? Fred Rogers’ mom told him that whenever there is a catastrophe (terrible event), he should “look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” Many … Continue reading →

Have you ever thought about giving one of your kidneys – the part of your body that cleans your blood – to a stranger, to someone you don’t know? Scientific progress has made it easier and safer to transplant organs – … Continue reading →

Monday, October 19, 1987, was not a good day. On that day, called Black Monday, the value (amount of money something is worth) of stock markets around the world dropped very quickly. A stock market is a place for people … Continue reading →

Seventeen (17) seconds. That’s all. That’s about how much time people spend in front of a piece of art as they walk through an art museum. An organization, called Slow Art Day, is trying to change that. Every year in April, … Continue reading →

Few of my students had trouble with the first part of the assignment (work given to students): Identify a kind of person you don’t like or makes you uncomfortable and describe what it is that you don’t like or makes … Continue reading →

Imagine, if you can, a railroad that had most of the things that railroads have . . . passengers or freight (packages), stations (where trains stop so people can get on and off), conductors (people who check tickets and help … Continue reading →

Sunday began gray in Huntington Beach, a popular southern California beach city. And cool, almost cold. Surfers were out early, trying the larger waves brought by recent storms. Seagulls circled above, as they do, looking for something to eat – … Continue reading →