Rise and Shine: Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024
The middle of the week has arrived. It’s Wednesday, and I am gearing up to celebrate one of my favorite days of the year. Actually, in my house, every day is National Peanut Butter Day, because – as...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024
Good Thursday morning, which is, if you needed a reminder, one day away from Friday. Almost there. Writing this daily missive has made me, if not smarter, at least better informed about a whole slew...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Friday, Jan. 26, 2024
Good morning, it’s FRIDAY. Does anyone else find it incredibly ironic that today is National Spouses Day, which is all about celebrating the union of matrimony, falls on the final day of Family...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Monday, Jan. 29, 2024
Good Monday morning. We’re back at it. Almost every day I am reminded of just how little I know. The world is so vast, and there is so much information out there. The real problem, though, is that it...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024
Good Tuesday morning. I do not recall the first time I ate a croissant – the iconic buttery, crescent-shaped pastry most closely associated with France. I DO, however, remember quite clearly the first...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024
Good morning, it’s Wednesday, and we made it through the first full month of winter. We’re barreling toward the halfway point of the dark and cold season (AKA Candlemas and also Groundhog Day – both...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024
It’s Thursday, and a brand new month – the shortest month of the year – is upon us. It’s a leap year, so February 2024 has 29 days instead of 28. In case you, like me, forgot why this occurs, it’s to...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Friday, Feb. 2, 2024
Good morning, it’s Friday. You’re probably well aware (unless you live under a rock) that it’s Groundhog Day – the day a series of small, furry beasts compete for the title of “chief weather-rodent”...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Monday, Feb. 5, 2024
Good morning. It’s Monday. Sorry to be the bearer of bad-ish news. (Good news is we woke up this morning, the sun came up, and the world is still more or less in tact. The bad news is, well, it’s...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024
Good Tuesday morning. Every U.S. president since 1976 has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. This year in no exception. President Joe Biden, who is very much hoping...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024
Good Wednesday morning. As most of you read this, I will be on a train headed for New York City. I caught the very early train, about which I have mixed feelings. I’ve taken it so many times that I’ve...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024
Good Thursday morning. Here’s a cautionary tale about trying to multitask on the train on too little sleep. I pre-wrote today’s post in the wee hours of the morning while riding the 5:55 a.m. Amtrak...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Friday, Feb. 9, 2024
TGIF, though at this point, there’s still a long way to go before I clock out for the weekend. Still, I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. Hope it’s the same for you. Good morning. It has been...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Monday, Feb. 12, 2024
Good Monday morning. You’ve probably seen the amusing meme about the 12 “seasons” of upstate New York weather that circulates around the interwebs whenever we have a significant departure from the...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024
Good Tuesday morning. The weather is making headlines this morning. Depending on where you live, you’re either in the process of getting a lot of snow, or wondering what all the fuss was about. (I...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024
Good morning, it’s Wednesday. Two very different holidays collide on this day, and they really couldn’t be more different. One, Valentine’s Day, is more or a less a commercial creation (yes, it does...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024
Good morning, it’s Thursday. On this day in 1820, social reformer Susan Brownell Anthony was born in Adams, MA. Anthony, as you likely recall because you were a good student back in the day,...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Friday, Feb. 16, 2024
Good morning. Friday has arrived. Yeehaw! (I actually had to Google that to make sure I spelled it right). I’m not sure when I fell out of love with JELL-O. Or maybe I never really LOVED the wiggly,...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Monday, Feb. 19, 2024
Good Monday morning. I know I’ve written about this holiday many times before – probably at least five years running, which is as long as this morning post situation has been going on (if you can...
View ArticleRise and Shine: Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024
Good morning, welcome to the first workday of the week. A nice four-day week is before us. Commence the sprint. Actually, I know a lot of people are off this week. Kids out of school, the state...
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