Messing about with empathy
Are you giving or receiving a box of chocolates today? Oh, I hope you remembered that today is Valentine’s Day. If you have shopped at Walmart in the past two months, you couldn’t forget. I was in my local Walmart two days after Christmas, and they were putting out Valentine’s Day cards and stuffed animals.…
I love all animals, but I am glad that I only have cats. My hubby used to be a dog person, like an “all cats should die” dog person. Now he is a cat person! So when he heard about a podcast discussing cat behavior, he sent it to me. Short Wave is a ten-minute,…
I’m always looking for topics to write about. Writing a different post every day can sometimes be difficult. However, I like a challenge, so I follow unusual Facebook pages and receive a lot of e-newsletters on varying subjects to keep my curiosity fed. Today I stumbled upon a question worthy of consideration, and that made…
That’s the sound of your computer backing up! Just kidding. It would be really annoying if your computer beeped like a big truck when being backed up . Instead, it’s time to silently back up your computer. If you back up to the cloud on a regular schedule, excellent. Ignore this post. If you do…
I love beer bread. I hadn’t had any for awhile, so I pulled out the recipe my Aunt Patti gave me over twenty-five years ago and made a tasty loaf. Have you ever made beer bread? You can buy mixes, (hubby got one for Christmas that was good,) but the recipe only has five ingredients…
Have you ever read Gilgamesh? I always wanted to, and finally listened to a translation on Audible. It was amazing, and like nothing I expected. Anyone who studies writing learns about Gilgamesh. However, hearing the story itself was so much more. I highly recommend the version I heard. The narrator was excellent. You can get…
Today I am answering a question sent in by my friend, Judy. “National Margarita Day is February 22. How do you go about getting a National Day? Joe asked if it had to go in front of Congress. How does that work?” This is an excellent question because I talk about holidays all the time.…
Blue is the most popular color in the world. Blue is my favorite color. What is yours?
How long does it take to bake a cookie in space? This is not an easy question to answer. First of all, you can’t just make cookie dough on the International Space Station (ISS) because flour and sugar in zero gravity would just float around and not stay in the bowl. There would also be…
Hi, my name is Jennifer Vandenberg, née Ice. The word I mispronounced in the above sentence was née. My hubby and I were doing a crossword puzzle (it takes two of us to figure out the answers), and one of the clues was a three-letter word that meant born. We never guessed the answer but…