Today, you might need to know these things about baking. I don’t know who you are, but these facts are calling out to you. At least one of them, maybe. Here is the first baking tidbit:Around 64% of people bite the head off gingerbread before eating the rest of it. Now, this is not me. […]

I know it is 2026. But the good thing about a year ago is that you can buy your books in paperback now. So I thought I’d give you a list of the 10 Best Books of 2025. This is brought to you by The New York Times. I did not pick these. So. The

Taking a breath today.   Breathing in. Breathing out.   “Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” — Etty Hillesum

Was it coincidence? By Linda Stowe So often we have moments that might have created significant problems in our lives. If they do create the problem, we remember them one way. But if some turn of events averts disaster, the incident is either forgotten or tucked away as an amusing anecdote. Even so, each time

I love art. All kinds. But some of my favorite works come from hundreds of years ago. A lot of this is due to the Three Great Masters. Those three are:– Michelangelo – Leonardo da Vinci – Raphael Art historians use these labels because all three were active during the High Renaissance (roughly 1490–1527). These

I can eat the same thing over and over and over again. It is how I am wired. Well. There is an exception to that. I have to “like” what I’m eating. As I thought about this, I wondered about other people and the subject of leftovers. So I did some research.– Surveys show most

I’m not sure when it started, but somewhere along the way, I realized that I like movies. I try to find good ones. But how do you know, really? One way, the most common way, is to go on other people’s recommendations. Even though all of us have different tastes, relying on others’ opinions seems

The World As We See It By Linda Stowe I was born and raised in Preble County. In my twenties I moved to Dayton and lived there for thirty-four years. When retirement approached, I returned to Preble County by choice — not because there was nowhere else to go, but because I wanted to come