Skip to content

Truths & Wonders

Reflections from a lifelong journey of learning

  • About This Blog

Category: Formative Memories

My Original Scar

On February 17, 2016November 20, 2017 By stsampsonIn Formative MemoriesLeave a comment

My first significant injury somehow makes for a fond memory.

Country Roads: A True Fable

On February 13, 2016November 20, 2017 By stsampsonIn Formative MemoriesLeave a comment

Going faster is only better if you know where you're headed and actually want to get there. Twice a year every year of my childhood, we would drive to Parkersburg, West Virginia, to visit my grandmother. In the early years especially, these trips could be pretty horrific. Our family car, a 1970 Chevy Nova, featured …

Continue reading Country Roads: A True Fable

Posts navigation

Newer posts

Current Top Posts

  • If You Can Read This, Thank Ms. Aspinall 
    If You Can Read This, Thank Ms. Aspinall 
  • When You Catch Yourself Looking Down on Others, Look Up
    When You Catch Yourself Looking Down on Others, Look Up
  • 7 Basic Plots and How to Use Them
    7 Basic Plots and How to Use Them
  • Why Are People So Easily Deceived?
    Why Are People So Easily Deceived?
  • How to Win, in Two Simple Steps
    How to Win, in Two Simple Steps
  • What I Learned from the Teen Psychologist
    What I Learned from the Teen Psychologist
  • The Best Gift I’ve Ever Given
    The Best Gift I’ve Ever Given
  • What If I Get Rejected?
    What If I Get Rejected?
  • What Makes for a Good Marriage?
    What Makes for a Good Marriage?
  • Why Metalfest Matters
    Why Metalfest Matters

Categories

  • Fatherly Advice
  • Formative Memories
  • Musings
  • Words, Words, Words
Follow Truths & Wonders on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Tags

adulthood advice AI artificial intelligence attention bias books chatgpt cognitive science communication community creative nonfiction creativity earth editing embodiment ethics expectations family fatherhood fiction florence gratitude grit happiness human nature imagination inspiration journalism judging judgment knowing knowledge language learning life listening love meaning measures memory metrics mind mindfulness misinformation music nature nonfiction parenting perception perseverance philosophy politics psychology relationships resilience science self-help space spirituality story storytelling strength teaching technology teens thinking thoughts time truth understanding wisdom words work writing

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Archives

Blog at WordPress.com.