January 2024

I love to escape with a good novel. Or even a movie. A good one will take you away. Books, especially, allow us to look in on other worlds, filled with other people’s lives. Sometimes, we become attached to those people and places. In the really good books, you want to hurry up and get […]

I like a good ZIP code, I’ll tell you. I don’t remember all of mine. I’ve had a few, here and there, in my lifetime.But some are better than others, apparently. We’ll get to that in a minute. The ZIP code, which stands for Zone Improvement Plan, was introduced by the United States Postal Service

Guess what? It is the thirteenth. Lucky 13. Or not. Although I don’t know it for sure, I am guessing that today is Samantha Stevens’s birthday. That’s rightBewitched. What most people don’t know is that the Witch Gods, up there with Endora, think so highly of Sam that they cast a special spell on this

Mark Twain hasn’t been around in a while. He came here from 1835 to 1910. Swooped in with a comet and left by the same mode. But while he was here, he sure did say a lot of things. One of those things was this:“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”

I hear it every so often. “Are you right-brained or left-brained?” The notion is that we use the right side of our brains for creative thinking, and the left side is used for analytical thought. Since I was a little kid, I’ve loved to draw things. It is not one of my best talents. In

You may already know this, but I’ll say it again, just in case. Dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust. Oh. It is true. According to researchers at Imperial College London, humans shed around 200 million skin cells each hour. That is a phenomenal number. I’m surprised we have any skin left,

One of the greatest things we can do in life is listen. Truly listen. So right now, I’ll quit talking and give you a piece of writing by Linda Stowe concerning that very topic. ~~~~~~~~~ Listening By Linda Stowe My brother is the kind of person who if you asked him what time it is,

I get a little crazy when I hear someone say there is no such thing as climate change. They must be cozied up underneath some rock somewhere.But here are some good numbers concerning this predicament. According to a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, 72% of Americans believe that climate change is a serious