August 2024

Things To Do By Linda Stowe “Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.” -Charles Baudelaire, poet, critic, and translator (1821-1867) This quote struck me because it is something I sometimes think about. There are many things to love about retirement, but some days it is a chore to fill the time and feel […]

Oh. We can be dense. In a lot of ways.But I am talking about the density of the population. Here in the United States, we are not that dense.  You see, according to the United States Census Bureau, America’s population sits around 333 million.  This makes the good old USA the third most populated nation

The world is a big place.  There is not a single person among us who will ever know the whole thing.  I mean, there are more than 8 billion people tromping around on the ball in 195 countries.  That makes for a lot of playbooks.  So, it should be no surprise that things pop up.

Don’t quote me on that. I use quotes at the end of every blog.  I don’t know when it started, really.  Five years ago? Ten years ago?  Or did I do it sometimes when I started this thing 14 years back?  Regardless, when I get done writing each day’s post, I search high and low

A bird has to fly, right?It seems to me that “flying” should be a God-given birthright for birds. But. That is not always the case.  And it is more than just penguins.  In fact, there are 126 different species that don’t fly. Apparently, these particular birds have lost the ability to fly. In most cases,

Journeys By Linda Stowe My friend Bob has been writing a series of periodic posts about Magellan (1480–1521), the Portuguese explorer credited with circumnavigating the globe and proving the Earth is round. This would not normally be a topic I would spend time on, but Bob is such an accomplished writer that I’d read just

Well. Wouldn’t you know it? Today is National Serendipity Day Serendipity is the term for a “happy accident” or a “pleasant surprise.”As Webster puts it:  Serendipity is the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. It is one of my favorite words, ever.  And one of my favorite things

I know a lot of people who don’t like deer. I’ve seen their photos on Facebook.  They stand over a freshly murdered deer with their guns still in their hands.  Sometimes, they hold the deer’s head up by the antlers, showing how proud they are about having just killed that animal.  It makes me puke.