Having been “under the weather” for several weeks, it made me wonder about why we use that phrase as an idiom for illness. A bit of Internet research uncovers two origins. The first from boat travel: When sailors felt seasick,…
Category: Featured Thought
Fall Means Apples
After Apple Picking by Robert Frost My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree Toward heaven still. And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill Beside it, and there may be two or three Apples I didn’t pick upon some…
Back to School?
Keep in mind that even if you are not personally headed back to school, education never ends. Every morning should be approached as “back to school.” “Education is not filling a pail but the lighting of a fire.” ~ William…
Spelling Counts
If you think that your days of worrying about spelling ended with grade school, think again. I suspect there are a lot of adults who probably hide their ineptitude for spelling with bad handwriting. Doctors have always been accused of…
In a Word
There’s been much ado about a word lately with no shortage of headlines and reaction. First Paula Deen’s empire was set on its ear then turned upside down when she admitted during a deposition to using “the N-word” over two…
What are you building?
“Whatever good things we build end up building us.” ~ Jim Rohn Whether it’s a business, a practice, or a relationship, start building something good today
4th of July Thoughts
“When people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” “When the press is free and every man is able to read, all is safe.” ~ Thomas Jefferson
Flag day and every day
Here’s a three-minute explanation of why you can and should put up the flag: puttinguptheflag.com
Typography Tip
If you learned to type in a formal class (pre-word processing days, so long ago), you learned to type two spaces after a period. That was standard practice in the days of the typewriter that featured monospaced fonts. That is,…
Freedom Is Not Free
Take a moment to remember those who gave the last full measure and their families this holiday weekend.
