November 2025

The Quiet Gift Today, I saw a Red-Shouldered Hawk.  Majestic. Beautiful.  She was just hanging out, being her good hawk self. A beautiful thing.  She knows her self-worth.  She is a gift to this world. I hope beautiful things happen to you.  Each day.  And when they do, I hope you can believe you are […]

Drama. Drama. Drama. There are many dramas on TV. But what about the petty drama behind the scenes?  Well. We all have known these shows from one time or another.  The shows that felt like home.  A good place.  A little bit like eating a big bowl of comfort food. But for as good as

Oh. Here I go again with my Word of the Day. Oracular is the pick this time around. It comes to us from long ago. There were people called “Oracles.” An oracle was typically a priest or priestess believed to speak on behalf of a deity. A god of some sort.  The most famous example

Country Music and More By Linda Stowe I have never liked Country music. I used to think it was because the songs were rather simplistic but now I realize my aversion stems from the nasal quality of the singing. It grates on me like the sound of nails on a chalkboard. I have been thinking

My eighth year on this Earth was a good one, as I recall.  I was in the third grade.  I played softball in the Summer.  And all throughout the year, I shot baskets in my backyard.   What more could a kid want? Well. Unbeknownst to me, there were a lot of good things just lying

Eyeshadow Wisdom By Linda Stowe Remember blue eye shadow? It was all the rage in the ’60s. One source said the pioneer of blue eye shadow was the Barbie doll, which debuted in 1959. Barbie has blue eyes, so likely the purpose of the shadow was to make her eyes seem larger. Shortly afterward Andy

Have you ever noticed how certain people just pull us in?  It could be anyone.  It is almost like they’re holding up a mirror we didn’t even know we needed. That’s the thing. Most of the time, the qualities we spot in others are actually reflections of what’s already living inside us. Perhaps it goes

Slogans.  They are short and striking phrases that are used in advertising and other things.  They are everywhere.  Slogans can be found in all 50 of our United States. Some are great.  And others?  Not so much. Take Nebraska, for example.  Its tourism slogan is officially toast after five years of chuckling and cringing, and