Messing about with empathy
I’ve mentioned before that February is a weird month with only 28 or 29 days and a weird spelling. It has a weird history too. In ancient Rome, there were only ten months, March through December. There was a gap in the wintertime that had no dates. (How weird is that?) The year was reset…
Astronomers found an object in 2018 that they thought was the farthest out object in our solar system. It took three years to confirm it, but the International Astronomical Union (IAU) designated Farfarout as the farthest out object on February 10, 2021. Yes, the farthest out object is called Farfarout. There is also a Farout,…
I found a new word that I’d like to share with you. My best friend gave me the first six seasons of the X-Files, so Hubby and I have been watching a few episodes in the evening. We just started Season 4 last night. We keep the subtitles on, so when Agent Mulder used a…
Everyone knows that drinking water is a good idea. You’ve probably even heard that you should drink eight eight-ounce cups of water a day. That’s a debatable number, but water is good. I never liked drinking water, and I never found a way to stick with it until now. Remarkably, I drink six six-ounce cups…
Like all book lovers, I have a large TBR (to be read) pile. My unread books, fiction and non-fiction, were scattered throughout the house. Many of these books will leave my house once I read them, but I keep doing other things (like decluttering.) When we emptied Hubby’s office, we acquired an extra bookshelf. It…
In the ongoing saga of using up the food in my pantry, I made something delicious, at least according to my hubby. I wanted to use a can of corn I’d had for a while (we eat fresh vegetables, not canned). Most of the recipes I found online were main dishes, like casseroles or meatloaves.…
We all have projects that we know we should finish, but we dread doing. My most recent one was a pile of silver I needed to polish. I like polishing silver, but these items were badly tarnished, and it took me almost an hour to get one large piece done. I had no desire to…
Everyone knows I love wombats. I had a farm called Wombat Farms (which had nothing to do with wombats), and I love collecting wombat memes. Have a happy Sunday and a productive last week of February. No matter if you are feeling behind or grabbing the year with both hands, I wish you happiness and…
Happy Cherry Pie Day. I’m not a huge pie fan, but I like cherry pie. I wondered why February 20 was chosen for this holiday, and I think it is because Washington’s birthday is February 22. He has that whole chopping down the cherry tree story attached to him. And he probably liked cherry pie.…
Perseverance landed safely on Mars yesterday. It was thrilling and inspiring to watch the final minutes. If you get tired of seeing horrible things on the news, spend some time googling information about Perseverance. It’s uplifting, even as it touched down. I think my favorite part was learning about future Mars missions. I mentioned yesterday…