by sworel | Feb 9, 2025 | 2025, Musings
I love stories about the royal family and one of their most prized character qualities is timeliness. They are known to arrive and depart from all appointments and events on time. But apparently there was one glaring exception to that rule. It happened on January 27,...
by sworel | Feb 2, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Let me share some interesting thoughts about languages. Did you know that the Scots have 421 different Scottish Gaelic snow-related words? The school kids only need to know one: “Tomorrow is a Snow Day!” The country with the most official languages is Zimbabwe. They...
by sworel | Jan 26, 2025 | 2025, Musings
Did you know that parents in Iceland must select their babies’ names from a government-approved list of 1712 boy and 1853 girl names? Well, according to Uncle John’s Awesome Bathroom Reader, they do. In that same tome, I was fascinated to read about three Native...
by sworel | Jan 5, 2025 | 2025, Musings
As we start off the new year, it occurs to me that someone needs your (and my) love. There are homeless and helpless men and women in every community. Some are hospitalized and all alone. There are any number of haggard folks like young nursing moms or dads trying to...
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