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The world is old. But when people started being people, they began hanging around in little groups.  Then, those little groups started merging and getting bigger.  Eventually, they became countries. So. How do we determine the oldest countries in the world? We know how old the Earth is.  Right now, it is about 4.54 billion […]

I don’t button up very often. Thankfully, hoodies don’t have buttons.  But here is something.  When I do wear a shirt or blouse,  I see that women’s shirts have buttons on the left, while men’s have them on the right. The question is.  Why? Oh, why? Once upon a time, genders were determined by fashion

Don’t run away because I’m talking about prayer. Prayer is many things to many people.  But. At its core, prayer is a form of communication. Between us and something else. It’s the act of reaching out from within, whether to a higher power, the Universe, the divine, or even just the stillness inside ourselves. Some

Settle into the gloriousness of being alive.  What a thing it is.  The quiet miracle of breath, the steady rhythm of your heart, the simple fact that we’re here. In our bodies, with their scars and strength, their quirks and wisdom, we carry a universe all of our own. And within us, there’s a spark. 

Trust By Linda Stowe There are things in life we trust. We are on a long road trip and we pull into a roadside rest to look at the map on the wall with the little arrow that says, “You are here.” We believe it and feel a little less lost than we did before.Whenever

Many people are interested in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.  There have been many explorations looking for the remains until they were finally found on September 1, 1985.  It was discovered by a joint American-French expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel. The team located that big shipwreck about 370 miles (600

Psychology. It had to begin somewhere. Well. As a formal discipline, psychology began in the late 19th century. But it started way before that. Its roots stretch back thousands of years. Those good old thinking guys. Those ancient philosophers like Plato and Aristotle explored questions about the mind, behavior, and the soul. Way back when.

Inclusiveness By Linda Stowe Lately the term “Birds of a feather flock together” keeps popping into the back of my mind, probably because immigration has been a dark cloud hovering over our country for some time now. Yesterday I was thinking about various flocks to which I have belonged over the years. One of them