It is June 27. June 27 is usually the 178th day of the year , leaving 187 days until the New Year. See what that is? The eight and the seven flip. They are two of my favorite numbers. Why was six afraid of seven?Because seven ate nine. 7.8.9. I’m cracking myself up now. Happy […]

A Party By Linda Stowe What makes a party a party? When we think about parties, we picture a group of people, special food, music, and decorations—and, of course, a reason to celebrate.One party is pretty much like another. If you’re hosting a kid’s birthday party, you might trade the music for games or other

Showers. I’m talking about the kind that we take. In the bathroom. Curious, isn’t it? How many of those “potty” rooms in our homes no longer contain an actual bath? So many people have replaced them with nice, big showers. And yet, we continue to call them “bathrooms.” I’ve never heard anyone say, “Excuse me

Who among us hasn’t fallen asleep on a plane with their head resting on the window frame? It’s a common habit, but it may be a bad idea, according to a flight attendant who warns against the practice in a TikTok video.So. Just why shouldn’t we rest our heads against an airplane window?Well, that TikTok

The Judgment By Linda Stowe It doesn’t take much for someone to decide what you’re about. One laugh—or in my case, the lack of one—can be enough.A while back I was sitting with a small group when a young man told an off-color joke. It landed well with everyone else. Everyone laughed but I didn’t

I swear, I should be wiser by now. Sure. I know more than I did when I was ten, or twenty, or any other decade that followed. But here I am, on the other side of the apex. And there’s still so much that I don’t know. It has become a primal awareness within me

I really like toys. I’ve liked them since I was a little kid. I don’t remember my earliest toy. It was probably a rattle or a ball or something. And as I grew, I’m fairly certain that the majority of my toys were hand-me-downs. These days, people call it regifting. Back then, we just stuck

So many of us love to read. Oftentimes, we pick our reading material based on other people’s suggestions. Well. Every year,  book editors from all around the world give their two cents about the best fiction novels of all time.  There are a hundred of these lists around, all of them different. But here is