By K. Nepsa I recently read an article about a child who put a few pieces of the cereal Trix into his ant farm. He observed the ants’ strange behavior and his parents were sure to write about his experience. Supposedly, the ants proceeded to dig up their dead comrades throughout the farm and pile them on top of the Trix. Why would they do this...
By K. Nepsa What would happen if the Earth stopped rotating? According to scientists, it wouldn’t be good. At the equator, the earth’s rotational motion is at its fastest, about a thousand miles an hour. If that motion suddenly stopped, the momentum would send things flying eastward. Moving rocks and oceans would trigger earthquakes and tsunamis...
By K. Nepsa It’s that time of year again: Graduation season! Each year, a new set of parents experience the inevitable departure of a child after 18 years of pouring countless efforts, tears, joy, sacrifice, etc., into raising them. Something else that seems inevitable is the sadness that persists in your soul to see your beloved child finally...
By K. Nepsa I was recently petting my beloved pup, when I realized that every time he looks at me it seems like it’s “love,” which of course makes me feel all gooey inside and makes me want to pet him some more. This made me wonder if I was anthropomorphizing his loving looks, or if there is actually a deeper connection between human and beast...
By K. Nepsa I recently read a great article in The Vail Voice highlighting one of Vail’s new premiere neighborhoods. If you’ve driven through the greater Vail area recently, you may have seen a few new neighborhoods being built faster than you can say “new homes.” And if you’re a potential homeowner of one of these new beautiful homes, then you...
By K. Nepsa We’ve all been there. Enjoying the warm water, while humming to the beat of our own drummers, as our stresses melt away and get washed down the drain with the soap. Everything starts to feel so far away and soon, the groove takes over and you grab the loofah handle and start belting out your favorite tune…and you sound so GOOD! Your...
By K. Nepsa Recently, I was driving home from running some errands. As I rounded a corner, I was hit square in the eyes with a sunset so spectacular, it took my breath away. But this wasn’t my first and it certainly wouldn’t be my last show of lights here in Arizona. Our state flag is a proud testament to the kinds of sunsets we often enjoy, but...
By K. Nepsa You may have wandered through the desert and come across what looks like squash or a melon of some kind. It has all the characteristics of something you may have eaten at some point in your life. What is it? A squash? A small watermelon? It actually goes by a few different names, depending on who you ask. Some call it a Buffalo Gourd...
By K. Nepsa A reader recently asked how frogs and other amphibians are able to survive in arid climates such as deserts. This year’s monsoon season produced many frogs that seemed to appear out of nowhere. Just a little rain brought them out from….well, where exactly do they go when it’s not storming and raining here in the desert? An amphibian is...
By K. Nepsa A friend of mine recently went hiking along the Arizona Trail, at the tail end of monsoon season. She reported many wonderful sights and found peace in the natural backdrops of Arizona. She also reported to have drunk from fresh, running water using a portable water filter. Life was good. Until it wasn’t. Not long after heading off the...
