Like so many conferences, festivals, and other events, World Origami Days has gone virtual this year.

Beginning on October 24, the birthday of Lillian Oppenheimer (1898-1992), who founded the first origami […]

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I browsed my way to this course being offered by Cornell University the other day, and contacted the administrators.  They have agreed to extend the registration deadline until October 28 so […]

There’s been a bit of a chill in the air the last week or so, a frequent thumping on the roof of pecans falling out of the tree in the yard, and a sense of frantic feasting radiating from the hummingbirds who […]

I hope everyone had a wonderful, safe, and socially distanced Memorial Day Holiday!

Now to prepare for the historic event tomorrow that will mark the first launch of American astronauts into space in an Ame […]

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I wanted to point out two online resources that I failed to mention yesterday.

One is Julie’s Library.   Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton have begun offering podcast s […]

Hello everyone!  I hope everyone is healthy and at home.

To start off, I want to share this really cool resource I found this morning, and which has kept me distracted (granted that isn’t hard to do) for […]

April 28 is National Superhero Day!

Marvel marked the day by celebrating the heroes on all our minds and thoughts these days – nurses, doctors, EMT’s, first responders, medical researchers, grocery store […]

Happy World Book Day, everyone!

Also known as World Book and Copyright Day and International Day of the Book, this celebration that is more well-known in the U.K.  than in the U. S.  was first held in 19 […]

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I hope everyone is staying at home and healthy.

I wanted to share some exciting news! Instead of canceling the Sounds of the Mountains Storytelling Festival this year, the organizers and […]

Hello again!  I hope this post finds everyone staying at home and safe.

It’s amazing how much can be found on the internet to keep a person entertained and learning while we’re hanging out at home.  I’m t […]

Here is my next list of resources for folks staying home for health and safety  In this list I have collected some virtual tours of museums and zoos, and sites that offer collections of books that are free to […]

I, like the rest of the country, am at home these days.  Fortunately for me, I have always been good at keeping myself entertained.  Today though, many kids aren’t as good at that as in generations past.  An […]

On February 23, 1994, February was declared ‘National Bird Feeding Month’ by Congress.

If you want to narrow things down to one day, February 3 is ‘Feed the Birds Day.’

February is one of the hardest months […]

There is going to be a special event this coming Monday.  The planet Mercury will be passing between the Sun and the Earth.  It’s called a Mercury Transit, and it is a rare occurrence.  The next time such an ev […]

I’ve had the opportunity lately to do something that I haven’t been able to do in a very long time – ART!
There are few things as much fun as taking brilliant colors mixing them on paper to create wonderful […]