https://www.booker.senate.gov/about/press-kit Today, April 27, is National Tell a Story day. So I’ve been saving this video of New Jersey Senator Cory Booker telling a story. I love this video because: Anyway, as I was looking for this video, what do I discover on YouTube but that Cory Booker and House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries … More Celebrate National Tell a Story Day with Cory Booker
If you are a book lover, like I am, you know the joy of being in a physical book store. When I’m on vacation out of town, I try to visit both their farmers market and their local independent book store. But that is getting harder as more and more bookstores are shutting down. Today … More A Free Gift to Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day (i.e., Don’t Buy Books on Amazon)
Today is the 461st anniversary of the birthday of William Shakespeare. As a literature teacher, I honor our English language bard, and have taught him frequently. However, almost every year I have taught a lesson around Taylor Swift’s lyrics, because I believe she has a lot of beautiful and powerful poetry, presented in the form … More Let’s Celebrate William Shakespeare’s Birthday with a Game of Shakespeare vs. Taylor Swift
The picture above includes one of my three cats. Her name is Mica, and she is the only one of the three of them who is always curious about most of my human activities (beyond feeding them, of course). When I laid out my Earth Day presents, Mica was the only one to come check … More Happy Earth Day from Mica and Me (and maybe about making every day Earth Day)
The past few weeks I’ve done Islamic and Jewish holidays, so it seems like I should do the Christian holiday of Easter as well. But to be honest, I’ve found it harder to find songs that were just celebratory and uplifting and not focused on Christianity beliefs than other religions. So this is not a … More Motivational Music Monday: Easter Edition
Last week I wrote a post about Alton Brown’s concept of a personal Horcrux dish (see that post here if you missed it). After some contemplation, I came up with two….well, one dish and one category. I have to say my lifelong Horcrux dish is Spinach Lasagna. I’ve been making that consistently since I was … More My Horchux Food
The North Carolina State Supreme Court ruled on the famous Griffin case (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, see my previous posts here and here). The good news is that they removed about 60,000 contested ballots from the case. They agreed that voters whose files may not include their full drivers license or … More More Good News than Bad News in the Griffin Case, But…
An ongoing theme in my blog, and in my personal spiritual practices, is that we can be upset about certain circumstances in our lives and/or our country and still retain our bliss. One of my seasonal blissful moments occurred this weekend. Readers from previous years know that I refuse to buy fresh strawberries anymore EXCEPT … More Don’t Forget to be Blissful: It’s Strawberry Season
I did a Motivational Music Monday post on the Islamic holiday of Eid a couple of weeks ago (click here to see it), so it only seem fair to do one for Passover this week. Passover celebrates one of the foundational stories of the Jewish faith–their liberation from slavery in Egypt. Even if we aren’t … More Motivational Music Monday, Passover Edition
While I’ve been focusing on voting issues this week, President Trump has been experimenting with what he has called “my favorite word”–tariffs. There has been so much back and forth about these policies the past week and a half that it is hard to keep up with it all. So I’m turning to one of … More Confused about Tariffs? Hank Green Ranks the Insanity Level of Trump’s Tariff Policies over the past 10 Days
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