I have this theory that every one of us has a story about a book that was almost ruined for us. Maybe you read it at the wrong time in your life, or maybe your English teacher had you dissect it until there was no soul left in the book. Perhaps you read it in …
As someone with “ADD”, I have always been forced to “stay organized or die”. Folks who don’t know me well may not realize exactly how “scatterbrained” I really am – I hide it pretty well most of time, because I’ve developed systems for just about everything in my life. I’ve had to in order to …
When my sister and I were kids, we felt deprived because we never had the privilege of eating a frozen dinner, aka, “TV” dinners. All the rest of the neighborhood kids got to partake of this modern convenience, and they taunted us with tantalizing tales of the ambrosia that was found in the grocer’s freezer …
Ahoy mateys! I’ve been diggin’ ’round t’ Answer Cache again recently and found tons o’ facts I be want’ to share with ye. Shiver me timbers, the things ye can find searchin’ through that site o’ knowledge treasure. Olá, como vai você? Você fala Portuguese? That means “Hello, how are you? Do you speak Portuguese? …
Join in the Great Back Yard Bird Count! Have you ever really looked at the birds in your backyard? On Feb. 13-16, you have a chance to not just be observant, but also to become a citizen scientist. Many fields of science are now making use of advocates’ observations. I first heard the term from …