2021

=========== The Day I Became Fat by Linda Stowe, GUEST Blogger ===========     I remember the day I became fat. I was in the restroom at work. As I left to return to my office, I glanced in the mirror and saw something I had not noticed before… my body from the side. I […]

Sometimes we need to stand.Other times, we need to sit. And so, it is I break. ======== “Everything needs a break.”― Toba Beta ======= “The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.”― Johann wolfgang von Goethe ======== “Make your work to be in

Traditions can be funny things. I say this because the Spring Holiday is on its way. Easter. It might be our weirdest holiday of all. What with all the big rabbits laying colored eggs. And ham dinners. And Peeps. It could have gone much differently if left up to other people, in other places, setting

I like inventions. Inventors are a rare breed, if you ask me. They devise new ways. They seek solutions. They have the ability to create a process, or a device, that will do something new. I am a worker bee, you see. Give me a broom, and I will sweep. Give me a spoon, and

It won’t be coming this way again until 2061. Halley’s Comet, that is. Most of us remember the last one in 1986. The comet comes by the earth, visible to the naked eye, every 75 or 76 years or so. In 1986, I wasn’t paying much attention, truth be told. I don’t even remember it

How does anything get stuck, really? It is certainly never anyone’s intention to be stuck in anything. But there we are. People, animals, and things get stuck all the time. Of course, the biggest debacle of stuckness has been fiercely in the news lately. It is the container ship in the Suez Canal, which was

I like Mondays as well as any other day of the week. I think this is due to the fact that I am mostly retired. I don’t work anywhere that requires my punch of the clock. However, Mondays are a big dang deal for a lot of other folks. Many people out there simply hate

My first two years of schooling were the only times spent outside of the parochial realm until I would reach college. Kindergarten and first grade. The school was called E.J. Brown, and I am unable to find it on a map today. The elementary building was closed in 2004, and for the life of me,