Category: Make Me Think Monday
Updated on August 11, 2019
Summer Dog Days and Back-to-school Time
It’s August. It’s hot, it’s humid in Texas. There doesn’t seem to be any relief from this year’s record setting summer heat. We’re having realio, trulio dog days of summer. The term comes from the Egyptians who believed …
Updated on July 14, 2019
Hoarding Memories
Recently Chicken Wrangler Sara blogged about a relic she’d uncovered from her past. If you didn’t read that blog, you can here. She comes by her hoarding of things with fond memories honestly. Her father and I have …
Updated on July 7, 2019
Deviled Eggs or Angel Eggs
Deviled eggs and cookouts go together like PB&J. They are a mainstay at our cookouts. I use my mother’s recipe. She never wrote it down, but I watched her enough to know to mix enough egg yolks, mustard, …
Updated on June 24, 2019
Summer Solstice Fun & Facts
Summer officially arrived June 21. Short nights, long days begin. Kinda of hard to wrap my head around the idea that the Summer Solstice marked the beginning of summer. Around here we’ve been experiencing heat indexes in triple …
Updated on June 1, 2019
My Zinnias Are Blooming
I love the bright, daisy-like flower heads of Zinnias. They’re easy to grow, bloom profusely, and provide a great splash of color in a pot or flowerbed. A primarily warm weather flower, I missed seeing them when we …
Updated on May 24, 2019
Memorial Day – Pause to Remember
Today we stand in awe of those who knew the risks, who accepted the odds, and who marched onward anyway. Those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Updated on May 2, 2019
Busy, Busy Month of May
May signals the beginning of summer. Senior proms and pomp and circumstance graduation celebrations fill the days. End of school parties occupy weekends even before that last bell rings. The month is also full of military observances. Four …
Updated on April 9, 2019
Debunking an April Proverb
The familiar proverb “April Showers Bring May Flowers” probably originated from the General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales: “Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.” Another version is traced …
Updated on April 9, 2019
Poetry Reading Yeah or Nay?
April is National Poetry Month. According to Cynthia R. Green, poetry is a good way to keep our brains challenged and vibrant because Poetry engages our minds. “By its very nature, a good poem asks us to delve a …
Updated on March 31, 2019
Where did April Fools’ Day Come From?
Today is officially April Fools’ Day, the day when pranks and pranksters abound. Playing jokes and tricking people, celebrated in many different cultures, has been around for centuries, but no one knows its origins for sure. My favorite …
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