2025

Hey, smarty pants.Well, what about this?What if that someone isn’t wearing any pants?  Can they still be smarty? Of course, they can.  Especially if we are talking about all our pals in the animal kingdom. But there is a lot involved when it comes to determining the “smartest” animal. In fact, the task isn’t as […]

Hello friends and friends and friends. I have a time-sensitive edit for my next book. So, here and there, I will be taking off a day or two. I am sorry for the lapses.I so appreciate you taking the time to read my daily blogs at PollyGoggles.You mean a great deal to me. Wishing for

Sometimes, I wish I could transform myself into — excuse my terminology — but I wish I could transform myself into a badass. I’ve mentioned this before, I know, over the years here in the Blogdom. But.  For the record, I don’t have an ounce of badass in me naturally. I mean. I’m tough enough

The Tooth Fairy By Linda Stowe These days everyone is talking about rising prices. Some even voted for Trump because he promised to lower prices. Those people probably also believe in the Tooth Fairy. Which brings me to my topic today, the Tooth Fairy. Unless you’re in grade school you don’t hear a lot about

I don’t think I would make a good military person. First of all, I am not crazy about the sound of a bugle.Strike one. Their insistence on playing Revelry every morning would drive me to close my eyes shut and roll back over on my flimsy cot.  And I am a morning person.  But not

I still say we don’t know the whole story about John F. Kennedy’s murder.I think a few people know the truth, but they are not letting on. Just the other day, I happened across a story about a woman named Dorothy Kilgallen.  She was an American journalist and TV game show personality. Unfortunately, she died

How old was I when I threw my first ball? I could have been one, or two, or three.I imagine it happened sometime around then. This comes to mind because I’ve been thinking about the human brain and how it works. Our memories. Our awareness. Our mental consciousness. I just read an article about our

Kepler.  Johannes Kepler. He was a German guy.  A mathematician.  An astronomer.  From a while back.He was born on December 27, 1571, and grew up to be a scientist. Historically, he is considered to be one of the great founders of modern science.  Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets. Scientists