Puns are fun!
The bane of my eccentric family was my dad’s and my son’s predilection for puns and, of course, that meant our family gatherings were filled with laughter and groans! And after the fun of writing last week’s post on books and reading I just can’t resist sharing some related puns with you. After all, my history […]
It’s hard for me to believe, but…
It’s hard for me to believe, but… there are people who don’t read, who don’t like to read! Back in 2014 I wrote a blog post, “Calling all Bookworms” and I still hate the statistics that I shared then and again in 2015. I looked them up again…and have updated them here. As a former […]
The miraculous egg
Think eggs are fragile? Take a raw egg from the frig, hold it squarely in your palm and close your fingers around it. Now, try to break it! Squeeze it as hard as you can. I tried, even though I was tentative at first, fearing the mess it would make if I really applied pressure! […]
Don’t blame the lettuce!
When you plant lettuce, don’t blame the lettuce if it doesn’t grow well! Look into the reasons why it is not doing well! Maybe it needs fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You don’t blame the lettuce! (The well-known spiritual leader, Thich Nhat Hanh is credited with this lesson!) Yet when we have problems […]
Life is like baseball…
Baseball anyone? I’m so glad that life is not a spelling bee where no matter how many words you have gotten right, if you make one mistake you are disqualified! Life is more like a baseball season, where even the best team loses a third of its games. Our goal is not to go all year […]