Today is National Shoe The World Day.  The day began in 2014 in recognition of the estimated 300 million people globally who are considered impoverished and cannot afford a pair of shoes. Here in America, there is an infatuation with shoes.  It is suggested that the average woman owns 20 pairs of shoes but only… Read More »

Happy Pi Day!!!  Some of you think that I spelled that wrong.  But all the mathematical geniuses posing as lovable geeks and nerds know exactly what today is all about.  Pi “is the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter. While the idea of pi has been known for nearly 4000 years,… Read More »

Benjamin Franklin was quite the character in Colonial America.  He is credited with numerous accomplishments.  Not only was he a significant contributor to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, but he was also the first Postmaster General, ran extensive experiments with electricity that featured the infamous kite and key resulting… Read More »

MSN.com had an interesting and fun article.  It was titled 20 Phrases Baby Boomers Say That No One Else Understands.  In case you are wondering if you are a Boomer, you would need to have been born between 1946 and 1964.  This means you are between the ages of 60 and 78.  I missed this… Read More »

It’s hard to believe that it has been four years since our world was turned upside down and shaken like a rag doll in a pit bull’s mouth.  It was on this day in 2020 that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic and President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office, declaring… Read More »

In my opinion, the National Day Calendar created a superfluous (there’s my big word for the day) celebration.  Together with S.H.E. Inc. (Sisters Helping Each Other) and the She ROCKS It organization, in 2023, they designated the second Sunday of March as National I AM Day.  Cue the eye roll! Today is considered a day… Read More »

Hindsight is 20/20.  And if I had it to do all over again, I wouldn’t! Germany, 1952.  “Reinhard Beuthien had been hired by the company Axel Springer SE to draw a one-panel comic for their brand new tabloid, Bild.”1  On his second attempt, he drew a character who was to be known as Bild Lilli.… Read More »

It was 1801 when our fledgling nation saw its first peaceful transfer of power.  John Adams lost the presidential election to Thomas Jefferson.  The men were from different political parties and the race was bitterly fought.  When the time came, though, Adams graciously relinquished his position.  In fact, he slipped away after dark the evening… Read More »

I have never met anyone who says, “I just love it when the telemarketers call!  I believe every word they say and can hardly wait to give them my credit card information or bank routing and account numbers.  I’m always excited to get free estimates and will gladly tell the caller where I live so… Read More »

For centuries, natural medications were used to ease pain and fever.  One such natural remedy came from the bark of willow trees.  It was used in Ancient Greece by Hippocrates and was also used by the Native Americans.  Brewing the bark to make a tea or even sucking on the bark would extract a chemical… Read More »