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

I sort of like Show Business. I say that with a bit of restriction.  Because some things about it are disagreeable to me. Yet, I love a good movie.  I especially love a nice play. And I enjoy watching a compelling TV show. And it seems like (at least from afar) many of the people

We all ask the question at some point, I think. Just what is the purpose of life? It might just be the oldest question humanity has ever asked. I think it is probably different for every one of us. I mean, who can say for sure? No one has a definitive answer. But there are

You just never know who they’ll let into this place. Yes, I am back. For those of you who missed it, I took the month of September off. It was the first time I did such a thing since I started this blog in 2010. I haven’t quite made up my mind whether or not