June 2021

Brooms have served me well in my life. I’ve used them countless times, and I mean countless. This is yet another one of my quirks. I must have a clean floor, or all bets are off. These days (and I’m not alone in this), I turn to the Swiffer or the Shark portable vac. But […]

We humans experiment. I would say that is true for most of us. When I was a kid, I used to set up “laboratories” all the time in our basement, unbeknownst to my parents. I would mix together all sorts of things I found down there, acting like I was saving the world with my

Here we go again, it seems. I can’t write about cheese all the time, but it shows itself once more. It was on this date, June 4, 1070, when Roquefort cheese was created in a cave near Roquefort, France. Or so they say. The legend goes this way. That amazing Roquefort cheese was discovered when

I love rocks. There is no doubt about it. I love them more than most people, I would say. I’m always keeping an eye to the ground for that special one. I bring them into my home and place them, like treasures, on my shelves. But when it comes to knowing about that rock? I

Today is a proud day for me, of sorts. This, June 2, is the anniversary of the birth of Velveeta Cheese. Kraft Foods introduced this cheese stuff into this world in 1928, officially. You see, my life, or a big portion of it, was built on Velveeta Cheese. But before I was born, Velveeta had

Of course, they couldn’t know the actual date. The one they give in the history books is an approximation. Before we even start, though, there is a lot to be said for the word approximation. And not all of it is necessarily good. It is a value or quantity that is nearly but not exactly