Much of our American history begins on this day in 1620.  It was the day that the Mayflower left the English harbor, carrying 102 passengers and 26 crew members.  They were headed to a New World. The Mayflower had three decks:  upper, lower, and cargo.  The Pilgrims lived in the lower deck and rarely ventured… Read More »

Today is National Wife Appreciation Day and has been celebrated worldwide since 2006.  Now, before you groan, this is NOT a Hallmark celebration – in fact, I couldn’t find any cards offered by them.  However, if you want to get a card, you can go to www.123greetings.com and send an ecard.  It’s probably too late… Read More »

Fruit scones.  If you were to go to a coffee shop, you might order a lemon blueberry, cherry, cranberry orange, lemon poppy seed, or a white chocolate peppermint latte scone.  If it wasn’t for something that happened in 1964, you would buy your fruit scones in the grocery store along with other breakfast foods, wrapped… Read More »

Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. is better known to the American public as Buzz.  He is the second man to have walked on the moon on July 20, 1969, and the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 mission.  At the age of 94 – and married for the fourth time just last year – this… Read More »

After the historical events of yesterday, we need today’s celebration.  Unfortunately, this day wasn’t established until 2007 thanks to the efforts of The Encouragement Foundation at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, then Mayor Belinda LaForce of Searcy, Arkansas, who made the first proclamation for a Day of Encouragement on August 22, 2007, and then Arkansas… Read More »

On August 11th of this year, we were in Pennsylvania at the 9/11 memorial for Flight 93.  As we went into the visitor’s center, there were rows of displays showing the timeline of events and monitors playing television broadcasts from that fateful morning we will never forget:  September 11, 2001. What struck me while in… Read More »

Nearing the turn of the 20th century, you would expect that there would be a lot of firsts.  On today’s date in 1897, a first happened and was recorded in the Morning Post of London.  George Smith, a London cabbie, was arrested for drunk driving.  The newspaper records the details. “Police constable Russel, 247C, stated… Read More »

Have you ever seen the show Undercover Boss?  It originated on CBS but has been picked up by TLC.  The premise of the show is for the owner of a company to wear a disguise, go undercover in their own company, working a variety of positions that their employees hold, talking to them to learn… Read More »

Since 1978, we have celebrated on the first Sunday of September after Labor Day a particular group of individuals that make up over 80 million of our population.  They go by many different names:  Nana and Papa, Mawmaw and Pawpaw, Meme and Papaw, Gramms and Gramps, Grammie and Grampie, Gam Gam and Pop Pop, or… Read More »

While on vacation this past summer, we spent a couple of those days in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area.  I like to gawk at churches, looking at their property, and reading their signs.  One church’s sign really caught my eye, and I found its message a bit baffling.  The message said: We love because He first… Read More »