January 2026

I check the expiration dates in our pantry. Those things that get old. But this is different. This is a different kind of old. It’s about those old snacks. Some of the snacks in our pantries have been around a long, long time—so long, in fact, that they could’ve been nibbled on by cowboys, carrier […]

Every so often, I fall down a rabbit hole of random facts. I cannot help it. I find the world to be such an interesting place. So today, I decided to visit the grab bag of quirky items. The little facts that are a little absurd or a little astonishing. Sometimes they can even be

I’ve got my face back in the dictionary. It happens frequently. I’m not sure why, but every so often a word shows up that feels like it’s trying to tell me something. It stands out. So here we go again. The word I’m thinking about is consummate. To me, consummate is one of those words

History has never been gentle. In fact, at times, it was completely brutal. There were wars, famines, plagues, and such. And then there were times when people endured incredibly horrible punishments in life, unbelievable in many cases. What’s even harder to grasp is that some individuals lived through ordeals most of us couldn’t imagine. Take

Life is not a race. Or a straight line. Or a timed exercise. And yet? Some days it feels like the world is nudging us forward with a stopwatch in its hand. It seems like we are always being told to hurry up, move faster. Cross the T. Dot the I. Check the boxes and

A lot has happened in Russia over the years. But perhaps one of the most notable stories is about the royal Romanov family. Most of us know the Romanovs as a tragedy. They were a doomed imperial family. They were overthrown by revolution. But I don’t think they asked for this. At all. Before they

I hit the random word generator for today’s blog. And out spat: Glue Glue is one of those funny words. Both a noun and a verb. But, if you say it out loud, slowly, or fast, it sounds nonsensical. Like a Seuss word. Glue. Gloooooooooo. I’m not sure about my first encounter with glue. It

Happy New Year. Here it is. The 2026. That’s ten years later than it was a decade ago. And how about this? July 4, 2026, marks the Semiquincentennial (also called the quarter-millennium) of the United States. That makes us 250 years old. Time flies when you are having fun, or simply getting older. Older, but