2023

Here is something huge. Mark it on your calendars, and celebrate it every year. Pull out your party hats and bake a little lemon cake. Because on this date, April 8, 1796, a man named Carl Friedrich Gauss — a German mathematician — proves the “Quadratic Reciprocity Law.” That is the ability to determine the […]

If you’ve just woken up and you aren’t feeling quite like yourself today, it is understandable. Maybe it was a dream that made you feel this way. Or. It could be something else. One contributing factor is scientific. And that would be the fact that around 50,000 cells in our bodies die every three seconds.

Some words are better than others. For instance. Pustule. I never use this word if I can help it. It sounds gross, maybe because it is gross. Just some little blister or pimple on the skin containing pus. I do not wish a pustule on anyone. And while we are at it, pus is a

Less than three. Well. How about this? Calvin Coolidge, who was president from 1923 to 1929, was also a very quiet man. And one time, Coolidge purportedly replied, “You lose,” to a visitor who bet she could get at least three words out of him. Oh, quite a few interesting tidbits have come out of

U2 sings, time and again, that they still haven’t found what they’re looking for. Who can fault them? This is a dang big place we are in. And if you don’t really know what you are looking for in the first place, it becomes increasingly harder to find it. As we all know, our Universe

Today, another great story from Linda Stowe. It talks about finding true love. I believe all humans are capable of loving, truly. And in return, being loved wholly. So. With that, I love to hear stories when love appears. And this is one. ____________________ Ardella By Linda Stowe One of my mother’s friends was a

Normally, when I sit down to write this blog, I take a look at the date “historically” as my first step. If nothing pops out as “interesting” or “curious,” I then move on to birth and death dates for the day. And then, if no one sparks a fascination for me, I begin searching for

Purists, I’ll tell you. They’re everywhere. You know the sort. They say it has to be “this way” exactly or not at all.It can be about anything.Filet Mignon vs. any other steakPopcorn with salt only. Not paprika. Not cheese. Not caramel. Peanut butter. The creamy vs. anything else. The right way to make a pancake.But