When we meet someone walking with a blind cane, we think of his condition as a disability. However, do we consider the independence with which he travels along the sidewalk? October 15 is designated as Blind Americans Equality Day, but it used to be known as White Cane Safety Day. It took more than 40 […]
A Strong And Focused Journey
An unsteady ladder leads to a fall and a broken arm. The drive to the hospital ends with a cast and a promise to be more careful. When our bodies are hurt or sick, the cause is identified, and the treatment helps us mend. This is not so easily the case with our minds. The […]
A Lost Viking And A Found Continent
Why does Chris get all the credit? Leif was ahead of him by almost 500 years. Still, most people assume that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Mention Leif Erikson, and you might get a puzzled stare. The truth is that neither man ever set foot on the shores of the United States, but at least Leif […]
Remembering Simpler Pleasures: Big Fun With Little Budgets
If moths, not dollars, are multiplying in your wallet, Frugal Fun Day was created just for you. This day may have been a clever plug for Shel Horowitz’s book, “The Penny-Pinching Hedonist: How to Live Like Royalty with a Peasant’s Pocketbook”, which was published in 1995. The day is celebrated annually on the first Saturday […]
Top Hats And Demented Behavior: It’s A Mad, Mad World
Mad Hatter Day, celebrated annually on October 6, promotes the perfect excuse to be silly. No formal invitation to tea is required. The only rule of the day is to fill it with hilarity. Out of what I can only imagine to be bored silly, in 1986 a group of techies in Boulder Colorado, conceived […]
