I've been eating mostly lobster, lately, and haven't had any waffles. Have you had waffles recently? If not, you should, because today, August 24th, is National Waffles Day!
Food memories tend to stick strongly in our minds, don't they? The act of eating is so full of all five senses. Just thinking about waffles, you hear and feel the slight crunch of the toasty outside as you take a bite. You may imagine the sight of sticky, drippy syrup puddling into the waffle's squares. You think about the sweet, buttery, bready taste and, oh, the smell of waffles cooking! There's nothing like it.
Today is the third of May, 2018. Did you know that one of the most influential, revolutionary paintings in art history is titled The Third of May 1808?
Francisco Goya’s The Third of May 1808 commemorates a Spanish uprising against French occupation and depicts a moment when French soldiers gun down captured Spanish revolutionaries.
We could write this month about your favorite holiday gift, what surprised you the most about this holiday, or the best food you experienced at the holiday table, but let’s not. I’m about holidayed out.
Let’s write about skating. Yeah, that’s right, skating. Did you like to skate as a child? Roller or ice skating? What…
Last week, National Public Radio covered the story of the first woman and first African-American sworn in as librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden.
Dr. Hayden said one of her first priorities is to digitize the more than 162 million items in the library’s collection. These materials include the Bible Rosa Parks carried in her purse…
We all have those milestone birthdays. You know, the ones where the numbers are really round and fat like forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, and so on. These days, quite a few people around me are celebrating the accumulation of decades.
My dad recently turned ninety, and I sat down to write a list of some of…
My friend Cory alerted me to an article in the Wall Street Journal I found intriguing. A newspaperman for more than fifty years in Haverhill, Massachusetts, wrote what he called “probably the most important story of my life.” His obituary. Now, seventy-five-year-old Tom Vartabedian urges other people to not “leave it to chance” and have…
Was dancing a part of your growing up years? What did you like about dancing? What were some of your favorite songs of styles of music to dance to? Where did you dance? Did you dance at house parties, sock hops, teenage centers? How good of a dancer were you? Where did you learn to…
What is your craziest wish? Define crazy as you’d like. Spell out this crazy wish in detail. Let us see and experience it as you envision it. Why is this your wish? What do you hope to gain if this wish is realized? What about it makes you think it’s crazy? What is standing in…
We've been experiencing some gorgeous days in Central Florida recently--sunny, cool with a soft breeze and no humidity--and it sparked the thought in me about how everyone's perfect day is unique. So, let's write about your perfect day. What does a perfect day look like to you? Paint a picture for us. Allow us…