When you look up in a tree, what do you expect to see?  Obviously, you would expect to see branches and leaves.  Perched on those branches may be some birds, singing their songs.  You might see a raccoon that has scurried up to escape being detected below.  You might even see squirrels running up and… Read More »

Imagine that you have saved up money for once-in-a-lifetime trip to France.  You’ve seen all the sights and now you are atop the Eifel Tower when a situation below leaves you stranded for a while.  What would you do? Amir Khan thought it was the perfect time to pop the question!  Here’s what happened back… Read More »

We had a visitor in November 2017 and most of the world never knew about it.  It was a man claiming to be 50 years old but looking no more than 25.  While that might seem a bit unbelievable, the story takes a sharp turn to the left when the man identifies himself only as… Read More »

If you were alive in 1942, most would be 81 years old today.  There could be a few of you holding on to 80 for the next 34 days but most will have achieved the octogenarian-plus-one age.  What was happening in that year? WWII is in full swing; Car manufacturers have stopped making cars and… Read More »

Today is a National Day Calendar celebration that was created by 92nd Street Y in New York City, more commonly known as 92NY.  This Jewish organization has been around for 150 years and serves as a cultural and community center for the city.  In 2012, they created this day as The Day of Giving.  It… Read More »

Savvy tech shoppers know what today is.  This is Cyber Monday.  The term was introduced in 2005 by the National Retail Federation, however, online shopping had been booming since 1994 when Amazon was founded.  By 1995, eBay had come on the scene followed by Walmart in 2000.  By 2019, online sales had topped the in-person… Read More »

Lita Sanders with Answers In Genesis writes that post-Christian paganism is on the rise in America.  “In 2020, 30% of people in the United States identified as “nones”—people with no formal religious affiliation.1 At the same time, people are still spiritually hungry. Sales of tarot cards doubled between 2016 and 2021, and some influencers have… Read More »

StoryCorps is an organization “committed to the idea that everyone has an important story to tell and that everyone’s story matters…Since our founding in 2003, we’ve helped more than 640,000 people across the country have meaningful conversations about their lives. These recordings are collected in the U.S. Library of Congress and in our online archive… Read More »

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally known as Black Friday.  What most people don’t realize is that Black Friday has been around since 1869 and was originally associated with financial crisis.  And it actually happened in September. Greed.  Avarice.  Financial gluttony.  These vices possessed Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, a couple of financiers who concocted… Read More »

“Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.  (2)  Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.  (3)  Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  (4)  Enter into… Read More »