Well halo there! I haven’t been on here in quite a while. Other than refreshing my ‘This Month in History’ posts, my poor blog fell by the wayside. Quite a bit happened though. Not justifying my absence but just so you know. I used to be a homeschool mama (I guess my bio needs an update) but that changed last…
This month in History: May
General events not linked to a day National Beef Month National Barbecue Month National Loaded Potato Month National Chocolate Custard Month National Egg Month National Hamburger Month National Salad Month National Salsa Month National Strawberry Month May 1-7: National Raisin Week May 3-9: National Herb Week First Saturday in May: National Homebrew Day The 3rd Monday of May and the…
This month in History: April
General events not linked to a day National Florida Tomato Month National BLT Sandwich Month National Soft Pretzel Month National Soyfoods Month National Grilled Cheese Month National Garlic Month April 12-18: National Egg Salad Week 1 April National Soylent Green Day National Sourdough Bread Day April Fool’s Day 1918 Royal Air force is Founded 1946 Hawaii Earthquake and Tsunami 1970…
This month in History: March
General events not linked to a day Woman History Month National Fresh Celery Month National Noodle Month National Flour Month National Frozen Food Month National Nutrition Month National Peanut Month National Hot Cross Bun Day (Good Friday) National Sauce Month National Caffeine Awareness Month 1 March St. David’s Day (Wales) National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day 1932 The Lindbergh baby is…
This month in History: February
General events not linked to a day Canned Food Month National Chocolate Lovers Month National Cherry Month National Grapefruit Month National Snack Food Month National Potato Lovers Month Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month National Hot Breakfast Month 1st week of Feb- African Heritage & Health Week 3rd Weekend of February: National Margarita Weekend “Superbowl Sunday” : National Pork…
Book I Read: Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter by Sarahbeth Caplin
Description on Amazon In a bittersweet twist of fate, I started out “too Jewish” for my Catholic friends in elementary school, but not Jewish enough for the kids I met at summer camp, with their youth group logos and wristbands. In Israel, I didn’t feel I had the right to call myself Jewish at all. Now I was too Christian…
Book I Read: Philosopher’s Crystal by Marcin Dolecki
Description on Amazon Twenty-year-old Philip lives alone in an authoritarian country, his parents arrested after the imperial police find a secret notebook in their apartment. Then one evening Philip meets an uncommon girl, her name Julia, possibly on the run from the police, or sent to him as a secret agent by the state. Despite his concerns, he offers to…
Book I Read: And Then I am Gone: A Walk through Thoreau by Mathias B Freese
Description on Amazon And Then I Am Gone: A Walk with Thoreau tells the story of a New York City man who becomes an Alabama man. Despite his radical migration to simpler living and a late-life marriage to a saint of sorts, his persistent pet anxieties and unanswerable questions follow him. Mathias Freese wants his retreat from the societal “it” to…
Something I found in my diary of way back in 2013: another more chatty review of Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling
30/12/2013 I have avoided reading the Harry Potter books by JK Rowling. All for religious reasons! Imagine. But I figured the other day, reading about witches and wizards is not going to add or take anything away from my salvation. There is not some magical power being exerted by the book that will enchant me. Everything in life depends on…
Book I Read: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling
Description on Amazon “Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter ‘H’.” Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink…