Making each and every day fun!
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April 27th is Tell a Story Day. Forever ago, the hunters and gatherers were important to our daily lives, feeding us and keeping us safe — but who owned the nights, as we huddled together for long, dark hours by the fire? The storytellers had us during those hours, weaving tales that reminded us of [...]
I’ve always dreamed of being a writer. A damn good writer. Someone that finds himself sitting at a tiny table in a New York bookstore, signing a hardcover book and adding some pithy statement. Perhaps for some yawning office worker, who says to me ”I don’t get your stuff, but my son can’t seem to [...]
May 30th is I Am In Control Day, meant to remind us to take inventory of those things we are in control of (and perhaps those things we are not.) No matter how much our outfits are cinched down with belts and buckles, no matter how much hair spray we use to control every curl [...]
“If somebody tells you how to look, there can be seen in the smoke great, magnificent shapes, castles and kingdoms, and maybe they can be yours.” ~ Jimmy Breslin March 29th is Smoke and Mirrors Day, a day to think about the grand illusions we’ve either enjoyed watching, or have painfully fallen for during our [...]
In 1853, Samuel Plimsoll, a young man of 28, invested his time and hard-earned savings in trying to become a coal merchant. He failed miserably. During the following financially tough years, Samuel came to respect the plight of the many impoverished families in England he spent time with and around. Samuel began speaking out in [...]
No one can make you feel badly about yourself without your permission. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt The bully His name was Vincent, one of the very few kids in my school who was actually shorter than me. Ever since the first grade, I came to settle in with the knowledge that everyone else was likely going [...]
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood, but the second one is up to you and nobody else. ~Everett Bonner When I put the colorful box down at the checkstand in the local supermarket, the cashier gave me a sideways glance, one eyebrow ever so slightly raised. I’m not a Mexican Catholic; I’m [...]
My mother taught me a little bit about knitting a number of years ago, and I’ve picked it up a few times off and on. My simple creations seem to have either a lot of knits or perls, rugged scarves that suffice but have never had the sheer beauty my mother could put together in [...]
Hate is like an acid – it destroys the vessel in which it is stored. ~Ann Landers Gordias and his knot In ancient Turkey, in a region known then as Phrygia, they found themselves suddenly without a king. Their royal leader had passed away, leaving no heirs and no relatives to speak of. An oracle [...]
There are three things in life worth stealing - glances, kisses and chocolate. I am a thief of glances. I’ll admit it. I love to make eye contact with people when I am out and about. It doesn’t matter if I am in the car, at the store, or at work. If someone is near me and [...]