Monthly Archives: September 2022

Today is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This day is intended to bring awareness to the depleting ozone layer. Started by the United Nations General Assembly in 1995, it continues to promote a healthier vision for … Continue reading →

For Just about as long as I can remember, I’ve heard that the city of Nome, Alaska was inadvertently named when a British mapmaker — with really poor handwriting, apparently — circled the port and wrote “Name?” next to it.Well, … Continue reading →

Both the readers of this blog know about Emily — I periodically talk about her here and often mention some of her many talents. She keeps adding to those talents all the time. Her latest venture is into learning to … Continue reading →

Besides being Patriot’s Day, yesterday was also National Grandparents Day. I didn’t want to write about grandparents on September 11 — that day deserves to stand alone…. its importance can’t be stressed enough.  So today, let’s talk about grandparents — … Continue reading →

Today is September 11 – a date that is etched in all adults minds — and — a date and event that we’ll never forget. Today we commemorate the September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks — a series of … Continue reading →

If you’re like me, today kind of slipped up on you — but, today is the 15th day of the 8th month (on the Chinese calendar.) The significance of today is that it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the … Continue reading →

A lot of places I’ve been in the world have their own “local” beer. A lot of them I’d never heard of before and many were only available near the location where they were brewed. One beer that we usually … Continue reading →

In recent years, people seem to have decided that summer begins on Memorial Day and ends on Labor Day. It’s just hard for some people to leave things alone — seems to me the calendar runs pretty good all by … Continue reading →

If you’re a long time reader and remember back to last year about this time, I talked about something we always did on Labor Day weekend when I was living at home with my parents. Back in those days, the … Continue reading →

Today is a particularly special day — for Emily, it’s the big one-two! Every birthday is special and exciting, but being on the edge of tweendom only happens once and that’s a lot to celebrate. Of course, for Kelly and … Continue reading →