Category: Make Me Think Monday
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 …
Updated on March 11, 2019
In Search of An Eraser
I read recently that Edward Nairne was the inventor of the rubber eraser. Before Nairne accidentally picked up a piece of rubber, bread was an eraser. Two facts I did not know. The bread as eraser sent all …
Updated on March 11, 2019
St. Patrick – Did You Know?
We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with parades, dancing, special foods, and a whole lot of green whether you have an Irish heritage or not. In Ireland the day was a mostly religious celebration. In fact, until the 1970s …
Updated on February 20, 2019
What’s a Happiness Habit?
I recently read a blog about happiness and habits. The blog’s conclusion: happiness is an automatic response based on habits you establish. That got me thinking. What makes people happy? This 1970s embroidery sampler that hangs in my …
Updated on February 8, 2019
What to do as Winter gives way to Spring
I read in a weather blog recently that “February is not Houston’s prettiest month” and I have to say, how true. February in Texas is the March of mountain states. Both are the months when Mother Nature is …
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