2026

We have a few farm animals. I love them all. They just hang out here, living their little lives. Four goats, one goose, and four chickens. I’ve read a lot of good things about donkeys, though. Mind you, I don’t want one, so please don’t bring your extra donkeys over to my house. Often lumped […]

Are you changing history? Of course you are. It’s true. We’re all familiar with the classic time-travel warning. Be sure not to touch anything. Kick the wrong rock along the path, and the future collapses into something unrecognizable. Everything affects everything else. With that thought in mind, here’s the real question. Why don’t we think

I wonder if they were horny. All those cars, I mean. Were the early ones equipped with horns? We can go back to October 7, 1913, to look at this. Something revolutionary happened on that day inside Henry Ford’s Highland Park factory in Michigan. For the first time, the entire plant ran on a moving

Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Yes. There it is. We’ve all gazed in the mirror and said, “Hey. That is me.” For years, scientists believed that only humans could recognize themselves in a mirror. Then they learned that a few “big-brained” animals, like chimps, dolphins, and elephants, could recognize themselves too. But now, look. New

Tattoos By Linda Stowe This morning, I went down a bit of a rabbit hole about tattoos. I believe that most people in my generation view tattoos in a negative light, assuming people who have them are people who impulsively make bad choices that could come back to haunt them. I continue to carry this

What is happiness, after all? It is different for everyone. Some people think happiness is finding the perfect spouse. Others think it is finding a pot of gold. Then other people think happiness is having a family. Or finding purpose. It can be anything. But then there is the flip side.  The world of unhappiness.

One of my favorite things as a kid was macaroni and cheese. We didn’t ever get the homemade kind. Instead, it was the good old blue box of Kraft Mac & Cheese. I loved it. But one thing is for sure. All of us have loved some version of that creamy, decadent, delicious macaroni and

Hi. My name is Polly. I’ve never met another Polly, but data from the Social Security Administration (SSA) estimates around 18,966 people with that name in the United States. So that means people named “Polly” make up about 0.0055% of the U.S. population. That’s not a lot. Do you like your first name? I’ve grown