Michal Heller - philosopher and cosmologist

Quotation from Michal Heller, as he was awarded the Templeton Prize in 2008:

"If we ask about the cause of the universe we should ask about the cause of mathematical laws. By doing so we are back in the great blueprint of God’s thinking about the universe; the question on ultimate causality: why is there something rather than nothing? When asking this question, we are not asking about a cause like all other causes. We are asking about the root of all possible causes. Science is but a collective effort of the human mind to read the mind of God from question marks out of which we and the world around us seem to be made."

The roof is done!

Last fall, we received 18 inches of rain in eastern North Carolina in 24 hours. My already aging roof had leaks all over the place. So this summer I had it replaced. God bless men who can work outside in North Carolina in the summer. I would sweat just standing outside talking to the roofing contractor. Although they were the nicest guys, it is so wonderful to have my house back. It's 7:30 in the morning and there are no trucks in the driveway, nor is there any pounding on the roof. Lucy, my cat, is relaxed and not cowering under the bed. Even though I didn't do any of the work (except pay them), this feels like a monumental task out of the way.