Messing about with empathy
Happy September. The last third of the year is here. Since I have been doing a running streak all year, I know exactly how many days are left in 2020 (121). I’ve also been working on Christmas presents, so I wanted to know how many days until Christmas (115). Halloween (my favorite holiday) is in…
Happy National Diatomaceous Earth Day! This is the weirdest holiday I’ve heard off, and as you know, Footle and Grok is all about weird holidays. This one is registered, and since it’s about a rock, I had to know more. Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is a sedimentary rock made of single-celled algae called diatoms. Live diatoms…
It’s Toasted Marshmallow Day! It seems everyone has an opinion about marshmallows, and that opinion is definite, which makes it a perfect survey topic. Writing this post makes me wish I had a perfectly browned marshmallow right now. Although it would make my keyboard sticky, so I think I’ll wait. A Sticky Survey Do you…
Goodbye summer. I know it’s not technically over, but I’m ready for fall, so for me, autumn starts September 1. By the way, I’m not the only person who’s ready. A lot of people on Facebook have been sharing autumn and Halloween posts, and I’ve been enjoying them all. In honor of summer (unnofically) almost…
Of course, I’m going to recommend a Disney movie. I love Disney movies, but I haven’t seen them all (I’m working on that.) Some (like Chicken Little) have been out for a long time, and I have yet to see them. Part of the problem is I love to rewatch movies, so I don’t always…
I had so much fun doing Story A Day in May that I’m doing it again. The Story A Day project happens in May and September. When I signed up in May, I thought it would help improve my daily writing habit. I didn’t expect to love the results so much. One of my stories…
Happy birthday, Aunt Patti!!! Birthdays make me think of cake and cake makes me think of frosting. And frosting makes me think of a birthday dessert survey. In honor of my Dad, who prefers pie to cake, I included a question about that too. Have Your Cake and Eat it Too Survey Which do you…
My family has been having toe problems. Since I’ve been thinking about toes so much, I wondered if they had more official names. It turns out one of them does. The big toe is the hallux. It’s the only foot digit that has a Latin name.
Not that way! One of my goals this year was to learn how to poach eggs in a pot of water. I always order poached eggs in restaurants because it is my favorite way to eat an egg. I judge a restaurant by how well they poach my egg in a pot of water and…
2020 has been hard on my flight plans. I was initially going to fly in early August. Due to family illness, I had to change my flights to late August. Then my hubby went to the hospital (he is healing now,) so I had to change my trip to September. Thanks to the lovely people…