October 2022

The old tectonic plates. It sounds like something you might find in your grandmother’s china cabinet, The Tectonic Plates. Kind of like Wedgwood china or something. But in reality, the tectonic plates are below us. All of us. We’re standing on them, in fact. The earth’s crust is fragmented into huge pieces of rock. And […]

Halloween. Oh, it is upon us. Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween. I know some people who fear this date in a pent-up kind of way. They don’t let their kids dress up because they think Halloween is an evil holiday. Regardless, I like Halloween and everything about it. I have fond childhood memories of

Our world is made up of stories. We cannot experience every single event on Earth by ourselves. At this point in time, it is humanly, and physically impossible. So we rely on the telling of stories to learn about the world in which we live. It is an essential thing for us. It helps us

Nobody knows how many mice are on the planet. I searched. Not my house or barn or anything. No. I searched Google. There aren’t even any good guesses. Which means we better be nice to mice. Because there are a lot. But today, I am only thinking about three of them. For it was on

We all know the phrase “the dog days of summer.” But in my mind, every day is dog day. I love my dogs. Always have. Always will. I’ve been lucky, as all my canine pals have brought such joy to my life. I feel as if I could never repay them for all their kindness

I like October 27. It is my Mom’s birthday. Without this date, without this event, I would not be typing out this little blog right now. I won’t go into all the wonderful little details about my Mom, as there were many. Lucille Rita Rose was a good woman, through and through, and I am

Okay. I admit it. I like a game show. I always have. I’m not sure how or when it started, but they have always interested me. I get sucked into them, really. I could be walking through a room, and there might be a game show on TV somewhere. It drags me right in. I

We had three presidents in one year. This happened twice. The second time this occurred was when Chester Arthur became the third president to serve. He was inaugurated on September 20, 1881. And that made three. It all started in 1881 when Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was in office. Hayes was a one-termer. He turned