Messing about with empathy
Welcome to Day 3 of my July Trivia posts.* Trivia: Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. Today, I decided to pick an item that I knew was true. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. And Guam is the only territory with only one syllable. Simple. However,…
Welcome to Day 2 of my July Trivia posts.* Trivia: In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. Domestication can be a tricky thing. Just because an animal puts up with humans, does not necessarily mean they are domesticated. Tigers may be trained to do things, but they are still wild animals,…
I’m doing something hard (for me) in July that I don’t want to talk about until August (in case I fail.) This something takes a lot of time, so I’m simplifying my July posts. I’m using a list of trivia that Aunt Patti emailed me. Each day, I will explore a trivia fact and bring…
I have the coolest library in the world. The Timberland Regional Library is a system made up of twenty-seven interconnected libraries in five counties. I loved going to the library, browsing the stacks, or putting books on hold, knowing that I had access to any book in any library in the system. It was book…
I have almost finished the library summer reading program. I just need to explore five more words, and here they are. lethargic: deficient in alertness or activity ken: range of what one can know or understand karma: effects of one’s actions that determine his or her destiny jurisdiction: the territory within which power can be exercised…
How is your summer bucket list going? I had only a couple of things done on my list of thirty items until my brother and his family visited. I showed my niece (she is ten) the printout on my refrigerator, and she decided we should do as many as possible. Over three days, we did…
My brother and his family headed home this morning. We had so much fun last week, but I am exhausted. Here is my plan for today. Nap Watch movies Nap Run the dishwasher Nap Do laundry Nap July is going to be a super busy month for me, so this is my weekend to recover…
Have you ever played UNO? My brother and his family are visiting us this week. His children are 10, 9, 6, and 3, and whenever I spend time with them, I always learn something cool. This time I learned to play a new version of UNO called UNO Flip! This game is played like regular…
When I was a kid, I loved dinosaurs. Okay, I love dinosaurs now, but when I was a kid, a lot of children shared my passion. All my friends could identify Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and most definitely Ankylosaurus. Everyone knew that Ankylosaurus was a tank. It’s back was covered with fused…
Happy International Fairy Day. Except for Tinker Bell (who I hated in Peter Pan, but love in Pixie Hollow), I don’t think most Americans think of fairies that often. Disney’s Artemis Fowl went direct to Disney+, and there are fairies in that, but outside of movies and books, they do not affect our lives. In…