Our daily lives. We all have things that go on, all the time. In every way. The good. The bad. And sometimes the ugly. All of us have incidents or situations that pop up sometimes unexpectedly. Other times, we know what’s coming down the pike and deal with it accordingly. So here is the thing

It is a sad subject, but one that has touched all of us in some way. Suicide. I’ve known a few people close to my life who have committed suicide. And I’m going to write about another one from today in history. The fact is that in the United States, 48,824 people died by suicide

I’ve got a big nose. And I smell very good too. In a lot of ways. I get that appendage honestly. Mom and Dad both had colossal schnozes. All of this nosey business made me wonder. Just who has the best nose in the whole world? I found that, according to a 2014 study, elephants

You know? The older I get, it seems the harder I try to learn. To gather information. To wonder.Which brings me to a word I love.Glean. It rhymes with clean, which is right up my alley. Anyway, I just happened to think. Maybe that will be the new name for my next blog:The Gleaning Lady.

Boy. Do I ever love a sandwich? I know I’ve talked about it before, but when I was growing up, a few miles from us, there was a place called The Upper Crust. It has got to be the best sandwich shop in all of history. It is gone now. But I loved to eat

I love classical music. When I sit and listen, I am amazed at the construction of the songs. They’re impossible to me. And so beautiful. The people who write these masterpieces must have been geniuses. If you ask music historians to name the greatest composers in history, there is no official ranking. However, four names

Certain people in life fascinate me. Those who are here now and those who have long passed from this Earth, physically. One of those individuals is George Mallory.George. I imagine him as little guy George, climbing on everything inside and outside his childhood home. Getting scolded at every turn.And his mother would ask:“George, why were

Haste By Linda Stowe Haste—now there’s a word few people use but everyone understands. Haste makes waste. Act in haste, repent at leisure. Anger and haste hinder good counsel. At first glance, idioms like these seem to tell us to slow down. But I think they are really about impulse, not speed. When we take