September 2023

Well. The world is full of people. More than half are women. A teeny bit more. Some are poor. Some are rich. We are always hearing about the richest men on the planet. Like Elon Musk. And Jeff Bezos. But what about the female side of things? Well, here they are. The top five richest […]

I love simple machines. My dear dad taught me about simple machines when I was very young. He showed me examples. Like the crowbar. Or the wheelbarrow. The part I am mostly thinking about is the fulcrum. I’m not sure why the word popped into my mind, but it has. A fulcrum refers to the

I’ll be brief today. But I want you to know this. Scared krill. But first. Think about the last time you were at the zoo. Or maybe even a circus. Do you remember standing near an elephant? Well. They are incredible creatures, for one. So big. If it was an African bush elephant, it probably

The year was 1944. The place was Hartford, Connecticut.America was smack dab in the middle of World War II, and people here in the United States sometimes needed to escape from the hardships the war was causing all throughout the country. Sometimes, they’d grab a drink a the local bar. Or take in a Saturday

Sometimes I like news, and other times I don’t. News, as we first know it, is “newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events.” We can get news about anything.“Hey, you are the new Publisher Clearinghouse Winner,” says the guy at the front door holding the bouquet of balloons.OR.“Hey, I just totaled

Thanks to my friend, and great author Linda Stowe, for bringing us today’s insights. ______________________________________ Republicans by Linda Stowe I just finished the book, “Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell” by Tim Miller, a well-known political operative. Political operatives are involved in political campaigns. Miller was a specialist in

There was a time when I had some phobias. I had a big fear of heights. And spiders. I used to be afraid of snakes too. I was pretty much terrified of flying. And a couple of lesser things would pop up here and there. And then, they went away, just like that.It happened about

I first heard about this in grade school, most likely in religion class. Or maybe it was one of the many little Bible storybooks we had at home. Either way. I immediately feared it. Leprosy. It is mentioned throughout the Bible. It seemed to be as abundant as the common cold. They even had colonies