2023

Yesterday, I mentioned Oz. One of the munchkins was named Gertrude H. Rice. I don’t know any Gertrudes. In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever met a Gertrude. There have been some famous ones in history. Probably the most recognizable is Gertrude Stein, the author and so much more.Many times, the name “Gertrude” is given

I think I might try something new and different this month with this blog. Call it “Page Turner Month.” Sidebar. I’ve just decided. If I ever have a child (which probably won’t happen at this stage of the game) OR, perhaps then, if I would get a pet hamster, I shall name them “Paige Turner.”

August is a pretty good month, I think.It has 31 days in all. Same as July, the month we just passed. The 31 Club includes January, March, May, July, August, October, and December. Here is something. August is the busiest birth month. The slowest month is February.Let’s work those out in conception times. November is

Once again, Linda Stowe brings us some great insights, this time concerning the “lack of common sense or critical thinking in the population.” Personally, I think there is a severe shortage of common sense in the world. But these days, in many cases, people rely on the digital world to move them through their days.

I hit the random word generator for today’s blog. And out spat: Glue Glue is one of those funny words. Both a noun and a verb. But, if you say it out loud, slowly, or fast, it sounds nonsensical. Like a Seuss word. Glue. Gloooooooooo. I’m not sure about my first encounter with glue. It

Do you ever have one of those days when you just don’t feel like yourself? The cause could be anything, really. Maybe you didn’t sleep well, or you had a bad dream. Perhaps you’re feeling a bit under the weather, coming down with a cold, or something. Or it could be that you have been

Why do we lie to our children? When I was a kid, my world was filled with a lot of myths. Storks delivering babies. The Tooth Fairy traded cold hard cash for those teeth that had dropped from my mouth. The Easter Bunny hopped around on the Saturday night before Easter and hid his colored

How does someone learn to be deceptive, corrupt, wicked? First of all, I have to hit you with a sidebar. And it involves being wicked.As soon as most of us hear the word, we think of the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz. We associate the word “wicked” with her because