Susan Lee Ward

Kia ora is a Māori language greeting which has entered New Zealand English. The name is a common greeting in the Māori language and literally means “be well/healthy” or “may you live” and is translated as an informal “hi” …

A silver lining is a metaphor for optimism, which means a negative occurrence may have a positive aspect to it. In every bad situation, there is an element of good, a blessing in disguise. EVERY CLOUD …

There was a child went forth every day, And the first object she looked upon, that object she became, And that object became part of her for the day or a certain part of the …

An Interview with Colonel William H.C. Bowen by Gwladys Bowen, Society Editor of The Portland Oregonian, January 7, 1930 The U.S. Army’s Camel Corps Experiment My father, called Willie Bowen as a child, still dreams …

Saving the U. S. Postal Service should be on everyone’s mind. The predecessor of the U. S. Postal Service, the Post Office Department, was created in 1775 as America’s first communication network. It not only …

A secret crush is one which you have no intention of sharing with the world — and certainly not with the person you have a crush on, even if you could. You might share your feelings in a journal …

In Lifelines – The Bowen Love Letters, our two protagonists sometimes say things that would now be considered politically incorrect, but they lived in a different time and place: mid-1800s America. Some readers have asked …

Biodiversity refers to the amount of diversity between every living thing, including plants, bacteria, animals, and humans in a given habitat at a particular time. Biodiversity boosts ecosystem productivity where each species, no matter how …

Katie Bowen’s Larder A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use. Originally, it was where raw meat was larded—covered in fat—to be preserved. By the eighteenth century, the term had expanded. Now a dry larder …