A short little thought today, because I’m good at short, little thoughts. It is the big ones that trip me up. Anyway, here it is. There are moments that ask nothing of us. Except to notice them. “””””” “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”— Mary Oliver “””””” “Sometimes I need only […]

The More I Know About Food By Linda Stowe I learn something new about food almost every week. The information rarely comes from a single source or in any organized way—I simply grasp bits from random comments, online posts, and even the occasional piece of clickbait. You’d think I already know more than enough about

Is the spirit world real? Or are we humans just bodies walking around on this ball for a limited amount of time, and after a few short years, our inner spirits die with our bodies? Do we go on? Or do we end? I like to believe that we go on. Our energy, our inner

Sylvester the Cat. ( https://youtu.be/_Q3yEqogTQk )Hear his voice inside your head. Now say the word “plethora.” Now there is a comical word if I ever heard one. Plethora. You have to watch for spittle when you say it out loud.It means that there is a large or excessive amount of something. Like a plethora of

There used to be an old commercial on the airwaves. I believe it was for Virginia Slim cigarettes. It said, “You’ve come a long way, baby.” That’s quite a statement, really. All of us, every human, have come a long way. It might be a great and incredibly good long way. Or it might be

Gravity. I know someone, a FB “friend” who doesn’t believe in gravity. He also thinks the world is flat. And doesn’t believe that space travel is real. I imagine there are others like him. It is sad to me that people don’t believe in scientific facts. But gravity is real. Gravity is one of those

We hear it often these days. “We are beings of light.” Many in the “self-help” and “spiritual” world use this term repeatedly. They say that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. I think it’s a beautiful idea, really. To me, it seems both comforting and uplifting. And maybe, just maybe. It is true.

Little Cohesive Communities By Linda Stowe I’ve always been interested in the study of small communities—not small towns exactly, but the cultures that develop around a place or an activity. I’m talking about the informal worlds of hospitals, dog parks, universities, even truck stops. If you spend any amount of time in such a setting,