November 2024

I like to learn. I think most of us do when the learning is of our choice.  Learning might be our reason for being here. Learning is truly, truly fundamental when it comes to personal growth. It fosters critical thinking, enabling us to do a lot of different things.  Like analyzing situations, solving problems, and […]

Here I live. In the Midwest. Specifically Ohio.  I feel we are fortunate in this part of the country because we have the changing of the seasons.  This is the time of year when it turns colder. The winds get gusty with the edge of a frigid chill here in these months.  We remember a

Be Right Here By Linda Stowe There is no shame in being concerned about how things will shape up in the future. Everyone is concerned about things to come, particularly after all we have been through in the past decade. But that’s the thing. We spend so much time looking ahead or thinking back that

Giving Thanks. In each moment. There is something. If we look. At least for most of us. A time to give thanks, is EVERY time. “”””””””””“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” – Melody Beattie “””””””””” “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle

I ran across a quote recently by William Lloyd Garrison. Or maybe just a question. It goes: “Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependent upon popular opinion?”  It is quite a thing to think about.  And if you step back for a moment from everything, you think about what is right and what is wrong

What is a hobby, after all?  As defined, a hobby is an activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure.  That leaves it wide open, I’d say. I guess someone could have the hobby of squeezing fresh orange juice.I suppose being a hound at the slot machine could be considered a hobby.Driving a car.Knitting.Sitting

Where do you park your two boats?In a pair of docks. Paradox.  Just what is a paradox?  I’ll tell you.  It is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement. But. When that statement or “thing” is investigated or explained, it may prove to be well-founded.  It may just be true.  Carl Jung once said: “Only the

I saw the Broadway Road Tour of Hamilton at the Schuster Center, in Dayton, Ohio.  We went back in October.  After seeing it again, I had to pull it up on Disney+ and watch it about six more times.  It may be my favorite play.  Though, I have to say, Avenue Q and Wicked are