LightGramsJanuary 26, 2023Volume 27, Number 4 Had you been strolling through Clearwater, Florida last week you might have seen a strange sight. About 30 people were walking shoulder-to-shoulder down a creek in water above their waists, stirring the water ahead of them with their hands. A strange sight, perhaps, but it was a successful effort…
Posts from January 2023
LightGramsJanuary 19, 2023Volume 27, Number 3 Cooper Wright of Cumberland Center, Maine is only 13 years old. But when it comes to putting the world back together, he’s your guy. The “world” of which we speak is the Lego World Map, a set consisting of 11,695 pieces. Cooper was determined to beat the Guinness World…
LightGramsJanuary 12, 2023Volume 27, Number 2 Few things are as whimsical as finding a message in a bottle. How many bottles containing messages have been cast into the ocean is unknown, but occasionally we hear of someone finding one. A famous movie starring Paul Newman and Kevin Costner was produced in 1999 on this idea.…
LightGramsJanuary 5, 2023Volume 27, Number 1 A December 30, 2022 article published by the Associate Press noted that several significant literary and musical works would officially enter the public domain on January 1, 2023. Among the works was the last Sherlock Holmes mystery, works by Agatha Christie, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway. Entering…