Today is Religious Freedom Day. This day was developed from Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom, written in 1777. It declared that the United States of America would not have any official religion. It became a part of the First Amendment to the Constitution. It is one of 3 things Jefferson wanted on his epitaph. For copyright reasons I… Read more »
I don’t do New Years Resolutions. They are overrated. The calendar turning from December 31st to January 1st isn’t magical. You are still the same person you were yesterday, and the day before that. You’ll still be the same person tomorrow. My long-suffering former shrink once told me “Wherever you go, there you are”. And that’s true whether that move… Read more »
Today is Milk Day! This is a day that means a lot to me as I grew up on a dairy farm. My sister was a dairy princess. Milk was an integral part of my childhood. While the origins of Milk Day are unclear, it is believed that it was designed to celebrate the usage of sanitary glass containers for… Read more »
For a lot of people for a lot of reasons 2017 wasn’t a great year. Perhaps you lost a loved one or ended a relationship. Maybe you were the victim of a crime. Perhaps you were overwhelmed with politics either domestically or abroad. Regardless of why, a lot of people were very happy to see 2017 end. It’s perfectly OK… Read more »
Full disclosure- EVERY day is Don’t Make Your Bed Day at my house. There are several reasons for this, one of the biggest being that I consider it a profound waste of time. Apparently I’m not the only one. A fifth grade student in New Mexico named Shannon Barba actually wrote her Congressman asking that December 21st be named Don’t… Read more »