I’ve been to Minnesota. Not just to fly through an airport, but I spent a whole month there one time, in the dead of winter. Here is what I can tell you about Minnesota at that time of year. It is cold. Regardless, ever since then, I have had a fondness in my heart for […]

I know I talk about the Universe quite often. But. Now it seems the “Metaverse” is coming around the bend. Or so the pundits claim. Everyone now is asking, “What exactly IS the Metaverse?” If you have heard those techy CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the Metaverse is the future

Everyone knows her for those wire hangers. The Hollywood actress better known as Mommy Dearest. But her real name was Joan Crawford. Well, sort of. Truly, her birth name was Lucille Fay LeSueur. As it turns out, her birth name did not fit her Hollywood persona. But in truth, that person was often bitter, controversial,

We need to improve the infrastructure. In some cases, our roads and bridges and pathways are in shambles and only getting worse. When we don’t take care of things, they deteriorate. Potholes. Broken beams. Crumbling tracks. However, I’m not talking about our interstates and overpasses. I was alluding to our inner paths. Each one of

If anyone has read a blog or two here, it becomes pretty clear how much I love animals, especially my dogs. So I write about them again because today is the date, May 8, 1877, when the first Westminster Dog Show was held. By watching that prestigious dog show, only for a few moments, it

I love music. When it plays or even when it doesn’t. If I can’t hear it with my ears, I’ve found I can hear it with my mind, and my heart. I’m not much of a concert-goer though. Large crowds stress me out. Even back in the day, I would get frustrated and nervous in

These there items were taken, by me, from various news sources around the internet, including the Associated Press, NPR, and Reuter’s. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* One of Three: 54 That’s how many new math textbooks the state of Florida has rejected from next year’s school curriculum, citing references to critical race theory among the reasons for the rejections.

I wish we would get a murder of crows here, nesting in our trees. As many of you know, they are my favorite, smarty-smarty bird. Whenever I think of a murder of crows, though, I think of some dark, back alley, with them in their dark overcoats and fedoras, smoking cigars. How they got the