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Snowy holidays: Delightful, thoughtful | Moment's Notice
Oh, the weather outside is frightful But the fire is so delightful And since we've no place to go Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow Like the song says, if the weather has to be... — Updated 12/28/2022
We know too much to go back and pretend | Moment's Notice
“I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.” – Helen Reddy My mom loves to tell a story from my childhood of one... — Updated 12/14/2022
Chasing firetrucks | Moment's Notice
Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth. What you held in your hand, what you counted and ca... — Updated 11/10/2022
What's in a date? | Moment's Notice
Anniversary, celebration, remembrance, birthday, National Day of … Oct. 24 was National Chicken Fried Steak Day, National Day of the Deployed, National Mincemeat, Mule Day, and... — Updated 11/2/2022
Who gets the luck? | Moment's Notice
"Luck is preparation meeting opportunity." – Oprah Winfrey I recently the honor of traveling to Washington, D.C., with scholars and alumni from my scholarship organization to expe... — Updated 10/5/2022
Goodbye, snollygoster. Hello, aporophobia? | Moment's Notice
During a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Madrid a few years ago, I visited the mecca of the Spanish language: the Real Academia Española, the defender of proper Spanish. I grew up... — Updated 9/21/2022
15: Complex, triangular, pernicious, and much more | Moment's Notice
Fifteen, 15. It’s a complex number. It’s a composite number (formed through multiplication), a deficient number (like all prime numbers, but it’s not prime), a pernicious... — Updated 9/14/2022
Demogorgons? Suspending your disbelief
disbelief (n): Refusal or reluctance to believe. 2. Positive unbelief; the conviction that a proposition or statement for which credence is demanded is not true. 3. A negation or... — Updated 8/17/2022
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream
Money does not buy happiness, but it does buy ice cream. With the recent heat wave, we made the decision to have ice cream for lunch on Sunday. It felt more like logical thinking... — Updated 8/10/2022