Trick or Treat

The old playground rhyme, “Trick or Treat give me something good to eat, if you don’t, I don’t care, I’ll pull down your underwear…” started way back in the 1960s, and was in reference to begging. It’s fascinating how sing-song rhymes tend to stick in your memory with...

PIP – Pearls in Process

It’s rather dazzling to behold a pearl, but knowing how it’s created is truly fascinating. Valued for its luminescence and beauty, it wouldn’t come into existence if there were not some irritant or a perceived threat to the oyster’s mantle and inner organs. The...