I love the beautiful orange and black monarch butterflies! Sadly, they are now close to extinction in North America, most likely because they feed on milkweed plants which are now also hard to find, but when I taught third grade years ago, this was my first science lesson, and one …
Historically speaking, the nation’s first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910 but not until 1972, when Richard Nixon signed a proclamation, did Father’s Day become a nationwide federal holiday. Today there are more than 70 million fathers in the United States and economists estimate that Americans spend more …
I love watching the old Turner Classic movies. They appeal to me for the mostly wholesome content that used to be. A couple of nights ago, I was scrolling through the channels and landed on the movie “Chariots of Fire”, the true story of the Scottish Olympic gold medal runner, …
There is a funny video of an adorable 2 or 3 year old toddler arguing with his mother, shaking his hands and saying, “Karen, Karen – listen to me!” Honestly, we are all guilty of not listening on occasion. It is so easy to be thinking of something else while, …
