Oh. I love a vegetable. I eat a lot of them. But do they mind? Well. Based on current scientific understanding, we have found that plants can sense damage, communicate stress, and defend themselves. But all in all, they do not appear to feel pain. That’s good news to me. I eat a lot of […]

Bamboozle. I really love some words, and this is one of them. Maybe not the meaning, so much. But I sure do like to say it. There are some words in the English language that simply sound fun. Bamboozle. I sounds like a drunken roller coaster. But underneath is a word that means something fairly

Pass It On By Linda Stowe I am not a taciturn person. If something pops into my mind, my first inclination is to relay it to someone else. I am not good at keeping secrets, those of my own or anyone else. But it’s not just the juicy stuff I want to share, it’s everything.

I know we all know it. But I’ll say it again. I want the United States of America to return to its dignity and to its integrity. July 4, our Independence Day, is one of the most significant national holidays in the United States. It commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July

It is hot outside these days. We’d better keep our milk good and cold on days like these. But how? Well. Most of us keep it in the refrigerator. But that hasn’t always been the case. Before refrigeration came along, in parts of rural Russia, Finland, and other areas of Northern Europe, people reportedly placed

Oh, the beginning of July. What most of us know is how it was named. July is named after Julius Caesar. But what did people call it before old Julius came along? Well. Before 44 BC, the month was called Quintilis. That word meant the “fifth month” in the old Roman calendar. I like July

Your brain slightly shrinks during the day. From morning to night, your brain actually loses a small amount of volume due to fluid shifts. But here is the good thing. It “re-inflates” while you sleep. By evening, your brain may be a little droopy. By morning? Refluffed. Go take a nap. “”””””””” “Sleep is the

Words. I really like words. That is probably obvious by now. I like unusual words, old words, words nobody uses anymore. I also like games with words. Maybe because I like to get my brain moving. And I like a challenge. But all those words are made up of combinations from 26 letters. For English,