Messing about with empathy
Last week, I finished mowing my extensive lawn, and I’m really happy with how it looks. The property we rent is a couple of acres, and the manicured lawn turns into a wetland complete with a pond. The only difference between the lawn and the drier parts of the wetland is whether I mowed it…
Thank you, Arlene, for sharing a cool newsletter with me. I signed up for Seneca and now receive an email with two interesting facts. Everyone knows I love fun facts!!! In the most recent email, I learned that dueling with pistols was once an Olympic sport. Men (said with a deep sigh and a shake…
Last week I recommended that you not eat Twinkies that have expired in 2014. However, if you should come across a box of fig newtons from 2015, they taste fine. Odd.
Yep. It’s time for our monthly poem. In the past few months, I’ve had a hard time finding a good poem relating to the month. This month was different. I found what I wanted on the second site I opened. This poem, by Robert Burns, talks about Lammas Night. Lammas Day (also known as Loaf…
Happy Grab Some Nuts Day! Nuts are wildly popular, and unless you have an allergy, you probably enjoy this holiday. I’m not a huge fan of nuts; they are too confusing. So many nuts aren’t really nuts. Can we call peanuts, almonds, and cashews nuts or not? I think they are honorary nuts, but that…
Happy Meme Monday. I packed 95% of my office. This was simple because all the daily things I use are in my desk drawers, and I’ll move it as is. Everything else but two framed posters got packed. With the help of my friend, Judy, my office was ruthlessly decluttered and organized, but I still…
I was reading a book that I will review as soon as I finish, and it made a simple scientific statement that blew my mind regarding the discovery of other galaxies. I thought I would explain my amazement with a timeline. 1543 – Nicolaus Copernicus explains that the planets rotate around the Sun, not the…
Happy National Avocado Day! I love avacados and I really love guacamole. Below I will share my recipe for this tasty dip. I went looking for the amount of avacados eaten in a year, and instead found an article titled, “Can You Eat Too Much Avocado?” People who love avocado would say no. Unfortunately, avocados…
Mowing is a janus chore. On one hand it’s loud and gives me blisters, but on the other hand the results are wonderful. A freshly mowed lawn is lovely to look at. I’ll still be glad when I’m done. I always thought a yard was three feet, then I started mowing the lawn. Lettie Cowman
My research yesterday on the age of things brought up a website of famous things that happened in July. I couldn’t use the information then, but I thought it was interesting, so I wanted to share some of these historic dates. Things happen every month, but July seems to be super busy. Here are a…