12 states begin with vowels.Can you name them? Not Austria. That’s a country. So is India.  And not Evansville or Austin.  Those are cities. How about the 12 U.S. states?Answer below. …………….. ……. – Alabama– Alaska– Arizona– Arkansas– Idaho– Illinois– Indiana– Iowa– Ohio– Oklahoma– Oregon– Utah   Great job. Well stated! “”””””””” “Patriotism means to stand by […]

I love Broadway. I’ve been to several shows there in that busy New York City. There is nothing like a live performance on the stages of Broadway. But some are better than others. Some of my favorites?Avenue QHamiltonWickedThe Lion KingThe Book of MoormanAnd more. But I love some more of them that I haven’t seen

Our world sure is amazing. The Earth came into existence a long time ago. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but Earth is approximately 4.54 billion years old. How is this true? Well. Scientists determined this age through radiometric dating of meteorites. It is very accurate. Here is how it goes. Some rocks contain tiny

A day on Venus is longer than its year. Venus takes about 243 Earth days to rotate once on its axis, but only about 225 Earth days to complete one trip around the Sun. On Earth, if I were 62 years old, I would be 22,630 days oldIf I lived on Venus and was 62

Here are some things that I’ve been thinking about. I don’t always get these right, but I believe they are important. Some of our thoughts don’t need expansion. They just need to be “thoughts,” and that is it.   Not every thought, or notion, or idea has to become an argument or a conclusion. Sometimes

Technology and Convenience By Linda Stowe The house I grew up in had a big front porch, the size of a whole room. We used it to cool off, to watch the street, to talk with neighbors. Houses today don’t need porches like that. We stay inside climate-controlled rooms and chat about the neighborhood online

Here are a few things to consider today. Each one of them concerns Noggins. Noggins everywhere. Our noggins. You see, the cost of college textbooks has risen 812 percent since 1978. That is pretty huge. This amount has far outpaced the rise in costs for medical services and home prices in the USA. Or so

Our world can be quite crazy at times. Chaotic. A really big mess. Some of us care about this place. Wholly. And with that, we need to stay settled. And good. Come to terms with this truth. That we can be the good. Every day gives us dozens of chances to leave the world a