June 2023

This morning, I thought about me, standing where I was standing. It happened in a strange way. I sort of saw myself standing on globe, on the very round planet Earth. There I was, just north of Camden, Ohio, and there around me was the great expanse of everything. Of course, this made me think

Television. If you don’t use a television, I respect your choice, of course. But I have to say, if you aren’t watching TV, I think you are missing out. While I didn’t see a great deal of TV as a kid, I certainly have many fond memories of the programs we did view. Captain Kangaroo.

Sometimes, I look at those “successful” people in life and wonder how they did it. I just read an article about Beyonce and Jay Z buying a new home. It is a 30,000-square-foot home in the prime area of Malibu. They paid $200 million for the property, making it the most expensive home ever sold

How do we want to be treated? I think the bulk of us wish to be regarded with goodness, respect, compassion, and understanding. But do we offer those same things to others? The premise is better known as The Golden Rule, and today, Linda Stowe considers some aspects of this “rule” that we may not

I have to say these things over and over again. Because I live here. On Earth. And I can’t get over these facts every time I hear them. Here’s the thing. Our oceans cover more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface.Here’s the other thing. The majority of life on this planet is aquatic. As

I try to make sense of things. I truly do.Especially when those things are coming out of my mouth. I make it a point to understand exactly what it is I’m saying. And. Not to be picky about these things, but in recent years, there has been an upward trend of people who have no

We all have our good qualities. And on the other side, we have our attributes that aren’t so great either. It is the same way with everything, I think — those high points and low points — be it butterscotch cookies or sewer pipes. And this would include the places where we live. I recently

Sometimes, I think I might be a little obsessed with words. Yesterday, right here on this blog, I wrote about words that I liked and disliked, mostly. And today, I am back at it. Talking about words again. But this time, they are words of a very different sort. These are “Secret Code Words” that