Messing about with empathy
Happy Spring!!! The equinox is at 2:37 a.m. PDT this morning, so whenever you’re reading this, spring is officially here. For me, that means spring cleaning. I don’t tend to clean constantly, so spring cleaning is a big project. Plus, we are moving soon, and I want the house to look good when we leave. …
I’ve been decluttering since January and have removed 5,500 things from my house (about 3,000 of that has been paper.) I find my motivation by watching YouTube videos. When it comes to decluttering, books are fine, but when I’m reading, I’m not decluttering. One of the YouTubers I follow, Dana K. White, has a decluttering…
Hubby likes bean salad, so when I needed to use up a can of corn and a can of garbanzo beans, I knew what recipe to search for. What I found was a hit. Even I liked, it and I’m not a fan of bean salad. This Garbanzo Bean Salad included a lot of veggies…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Kermit the Frog says it’s not easy being green, but on St. Patrick’s Day, we can all celebrate with a bit of green, especially if you don’t want to get pinched. Since I don’t like corned beef or cabbage, I’ll stick with Irish soda bread and green cupcakes. It might be…
I made my first YouTube video. It was longer than I expected, but I was really pleased with how it turned out. Downloading it was a problem, and in the end, I couldn’t do it. So I lost a night of sleep, and I’m not writing the blog post I thought I would be writing.…
Today is the Ides of March. Since ides means the middle of the month, all the months have them, but thanks to Shakespeare and Julius Caesar, March has the famous one. Grammar Girl recorded a great segment about the meaning of ides on the Roman calendar. Most of it I’d heard before, but there was…
Daylight Saving Time starts today. Did you set your clock ahead an hour? I won’t get on my soapbox, but I have enjoyed running as the sun rises. The next time I run, it will be dark. Again. Today is also Pi Day!!! Hooray! As we know, Pi is 3.14, so 3/14 is Pi Day.…
March is here, the month when I make Irish soda bread. Hubby has been asking for this treat since Valentine’s Day, but I stuck to my guns. It wouldn’t be special if I made it all the time, so March is it. I’ve included the recipe before, and you can find it here. I’ve tried…
The latest episode of Freakonomics Radio was about roundabouts (sometimes called traffic circles), those things that cars go around in an intersection. I’m not a fan, but it was interesting to hear the pros and cons of these alternatives to stoplights. While I didn’t change my mind after listening to this podcast, I was pleased…
I’ve been working on my YouTube channel (more about that later), and that means designing banners, profiles, and other graphics. As much as I would love to use Photoshop, it’s way out of my price range. However, there is a website that helps me make awesome graphics and is free. I’m talking about Canva. Canva.com…