Play Your Cards Right on December 28th
When we’re young, we start out with Go Fish, move onto War, escalate to Spit, and dabble in Solitaire if no one’s around. We then graduate from the single or duo card playing games to group games, such as Rummy, Hearts, Black Jack, and Bull(shhh). Finally, you hit playing-card maturity when you’re up to Poker… read more →
Winter Solstice: Mid-Year Reflection
Winter solstice has garnered more intrigue than any other season’s solstice. Perhaps the reason is its association with Christmas, whereas no other solstice has any major holiday associated with it. Or perhaps it’s the mysterious quality of being the longest period of darkness during the year. Either way, the lure of discussing winter solstice can.. read more →
PB & J: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
First you take the peanuts And you crunch ’em, you crunch ’em Peanut, peanut butter, and jelly! Peanut, peanut butter, and jelly! These lyrics are sung at the top of children’s lungs at elementary schools, Scout gatherings, and summer camps, likely all across the 50 States. The peanut butter and jelly (“PB&J”) sandwich is so ubiquitous.. read more →
November is National Diabetes Month: How to Keep Type 2 At Bay
“Recent estimates project that as many as one in three American adults will have diabetes in 2050 unless we take steps to stop diabetes.” – American Diabetes Association, National Diabetes Month 2014 Fact Sheet Type 2 diabetes – the kind where insulin is not used or produced most efficiently – is usually preventable. And yet.. read more →
Trivia for a Treat: Test Your Halloween Knowledge
The date of October 31st is imprinted on the rubric of American culture as synonymous with Halloween. Ironically, Halloween’s origins are European pagan, yet the holiday takes full hold on a country whose religious tradition is almost 100% Judeo-Christian. Apparently, some old habits die hard – the incessant medieval fear of ghosts and goblins immigrated.. read more →
Pop Goes the…Corn!
We know candy corn is popular in October what with Halloween, but did you know that popcorn is featured in October, too? It is! In fact, October is National Popcorn Poppin’ Month. Why October? Because the corn harvest takes place in the autumn in the US Midwest, and consequently the holiday month was celebrated in.. read more →
Columbus Day – Dispel the Myths, Discuss the Impact
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. In fact, on October 12th of that year. For this reason, the closest Monday to that date (the 2nd Monday of October) was chosen by the US Government in 1971 to be Columbus Day. Celebrated as an official US holiday since 1937, it initiated as an Italian-American fest,.. read more →
Calling All Men: How to Watch Out for Prostate Cancer
What do actors Robert De Niro and Charleton Heston, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, former Yankees manager Joe Torre, golf legend Arnold Palmer, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former South African President Nelson Mandela all have in common? They all survived prostate cancer. September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, and.. read more →
The Good, The Bad, and the Pretty: Cholesterol Levels
September is National Cholesterol Education month. By now, who hasn’t heard about cholesterol? It’s so prominently discussed in terms of health conscience that to not mention it would be akin to not mentioning mopping when teaching your child how to house clean. Along with exercise, not smoking, and blood pressure, healthy cholesterol levels are one.. read more →
Just Because: Robin Williams and August 27th
On the 27th of August, at the cusp of summer vacations ending and the welcoming of the routines of autumn, comes a seemingly quirky day: Just Because Day (yes, really). This day gives pause to a transition period when people are trying to get back on their feet, students exit camps and enter classes, and workers.. read more →