I wish that so many things were April Fool's jokes, that someone would say "Hey, we were just kidding." No more wars, no more conflicts, no more fake news turning people against each other. My favorite April Fool's day jokes come from Sweden, like when they announced the fusion of Sweden and Switzerland into "Swedenland"... Continue Reading →

What’s a murder of crows? (Source cited below) ‘A group of crows is called a “murder.” There are several different explanations for the origin of this term, mostly based on old folk tales and superstitions. For instance, there is a folktale that crows will gather and decide the capital fate of another crow. Many view... Continue Reading →

Maybe it's timing, coming right after the Corona virus just began to let up on us a bit. Omicron meant that many people, including me, got sick but not very sick. My country got rid of most rules to wear a mask and we were happy for four days, and then Russia invaded the Ukraine.... Continue Reading →

There's been dust coming up from the Sahara where I live. It arrived on the Ides of March, which was a day that just did not work at all for me. I didn't have a bad day, but just nothing really went as I hoped it would. And then the sky was yellow that day,... Continue Reading →