2023

One of my all-time favorite characters in a movie was a volleyball. Wilson. Wilson, the volleyball and best friend of Tom Hanks in Castaway. It had to be a Wilson ball. Spalding would not have been nearly as endearing or compelling. Best supporting actor in a drama? Wilson. But Spalding? It was on this date, […]

I know I talk about food here quite often.But we eat. We all eat. Most people love to eat. As such, we either cook, scrounge or go out.That was until COVID hit. We stopped going out for a couple of years, mostly. It is still a danger, but we do it anyway because that is

It is all connected.We are all connected.Everything in the Universe. That wise man John Muir, once said:“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” And so it goes. As I sit here in North America, I wonder about all the people who may have

As January comes to a close, here we are, one-twelfth of the way through 2023. The time ticks away, and we tick with it. And with that, much has happened behind us. Not just in the past thirty days but in the past 30 centuries. Here are a random few. And I do mean random.

I got to wondering about good old Orville. He was living in Oakwood, Ohio, in 1940. His home in the census record is listed as being on the southwest corner of Park and Harmon. He would have been 69 years old at the time. Orville Wright. He had two servants living with him, Carrie and

In today’s entry, Linda Stowe visits us again with her intelligent, witty, insightful writing. The following story comes from another one of our “Wordle Words” entries. I found it quite interesting, and hope that you find the same. ___________________ Gnomes by Linda StoweIn visiting any well-tended garden today, it would not be surprising to find

Frequently, a thing, an idea, or a name will pop into my head during any given day. It seems quite prominent when it does — like the Universe is trying to tell me something. AND. It could be anything. I’ll be standing at the counter, wiping it with a sponge, and suddenly, the words “Magna

When we have an idea, it is symbolized by a little light bulb over our heads. Yes, the light flipped on, and now we can see. This is, in part, thanks to Thomas Edison. It was on this date, January 27, 1880, when Edison patented the electric incandescent lamp. What exactly is incandescence? It is