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Well, it’s that time again — are your ready for some football? Tonight is the Hall of Fame game, played annually at the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. This is a kind of a pre-pre-season game that gets … Continue reading →

Last night August’s Full Moon appeared — but wait — this year August gives us two Full Moons. The second one will appear on August 30.Last evening, the full Sturgeon Moon appeared and there will be a full Blue Moon … Continue reading →

Today, August 1, is Lammas Day. I mention this for two reasons: one — because it’s August 1 and two — I have always been curious about witches. The first time I heard about Lammas Day was some time ago … Continue reading →

Today we kick off the month of August — and today just happens to be an old harvest holiday — Lammas Day. As both readers already know, this year I decided to talk about each upcoming month…. August was named … Continue reading →

Well, here it is the end of July, so I though it might be a good day to talk about patents, since the U.S. Patent Office opened its doors on this date in 1790.The United States issues patents by the … Continue reading →

Last evening’s news talked about the uncovering of some human remains — the newscasters and police were speculating about who they might belong to. That reminded me that there seems to be a name that comes up just about every … Continue reading →

I am by no means a soccer fan, but the other night I watched the Women’s World Cup — that turned out to be an “exciting” one-to-one tie between the United State and the Netherlands. Anyhow, during the game one … Continue reading →

One of the lead stories in the news yesterday was that Florida school boards had voted to re-define the way slavery was looked upon, by both blacks and whites, in their new texts. There continues to be a controversy as … Continue reading →

The calendars on our computers list various holidays. This week, one of the holidays was Ashura. Ashura is a holy day for Muslims, observed on the 9th and 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. This … Continue reading →

A lot of you aren’t old enough to remember Cuba before Fidel Castro came into power, but on this date in 1953 it was the beginning of the end for Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. July 26, 1953 marked the beginning of  … Continue reading →