Faithful Friday 6-16
(Good) Knowledge is Power
I am the first to admit there are a lot of things I don’t know. Some areas of study- such as the architecture of ancient China or Greek mythology- just don’t interest me. On the flip side, there are topics I do know a lot about, including 80’s music, human biology, and labels and nameplates. I came upon this… Read more »
Faithful Friday 6-9
World Environment Day and Why it Matters
As luck would have it, today is World Environment Day, which melds perfectly with what’s on my mind, which is President Trump’s announcement that he wishes to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. I say “wishes to” because it turns out it’s a little more complicated than just saying “I want out”- something Trump himself appears to be completely… Read more »
Faithful Friday 6-2
World MS Day
Normally I go for something wacky and funny for my holidays, but today is an important one so I’m choosing to share it sans jokes. Today is World MS Day. We all know people who lived with or are currently living with MS. My mother in law had MS for 35 years. She was an amazing, strong woman who… Read more »
Making it Worth Their Loss
Today is Memorial Day. Today is a day to honor those who gave their lives fighting for our country. It’s not Veteran’s Day or Armed Services Day, but I digress…… On this Memorial Day I find myself wondering what those men and women who died in the line of duty would think of the United States today. We are more… Read more »
Faithful Friday 5-26
Geek Pride Day
Yet another holiday after my own heart- today is Geek Pride Day! This holiday was invented in Spain in 2006 on this day, which also marks the anniversary of the release of the first (technically third, but only geeks know that) Star Wars movie. While in some ways I’m not a full-fledged geek I’ve done plenty of things that qualify… Read more »
What’s Work?
Lately I have seen a number of folks go public in varying degrees with their marriage/ long term relationship issues. Whether or not the world wide web is the place for that kind of thing is another topic for another day, but the one common thread is how much work they are putting into repairing/ saving/ improving their marriage/marriage adjacent… Read more »