The Shells By Linda Stowe Growing up, I felt more attached to one set of my grandparents. I saw them more often and found them endlessly interesting. For years they spent their winters driving an Airstream trailer to Sarasota, Florida, and when they returned, our attic filled with the evidence—colorful clothes, starfish, conch shells, musical

I like to fly. I think it would have been fun to be a pilot. Maybe that is why I am always interested in the early history of it. The people who braved the limits of those early planes. Especially the women who did this. They faced so many challenges. So yeah. Back then, simply

Have you ever heard of the Leonids? Not the Leonard Nemoys. Although they are close. Both hang out in outer space. This is the first time I ever remember hearing of them. The Leonids are an annual meteor shower that occurs every November. They usually reach their peak around November 17 or 18 and get

I ran across something called the Medicine Wheel recently. I had heard the term before, but I didn’t really know what it meant. So, you know me. I went looking. I found that the Medicine Wheel is a sacred symbol and teaching tool found in the traditions of some Indigenous peoples of North America, particularly

I haven’t pulled my suitcase out in quite some time. I’m such a homebody now. I don’t really have any desire to go anywhere, especially with the hassle that travel has become in recent years. If anything, I’d probably go back to Charleston, SC, for a visit. Or take a cruise on the Great Lakes.

I often imagine what it must have been like to live in certain times in history. I speculate. Of course, we can never really know entirely. But. Imagine being born in the year 1098. No electricity. No printing press. Bathrooms? Holy Heck.  No modern medicine. No modern anything. Most books had to be copied by

America. The United States of… We have a lot going on here. And we always have. Since our very beginnings, we have been a busy country. As such, we are full of interesting facts. Today, I think we should visit a few of those facts. I think I shall pick one of the fifty states.

I love a good movie. I’ve said it before. But here is a side of the movies that only some of us remember. The drive-in. I’ve only done this a couple of times. And I was less than ten years old on all accounts. I watched some wonderful movies from the top of our station