Day #308: New words
I am grateful for learning new words. Today I learned “bae.” According to an etymological dictionary, it is Danish for poop. The interesting part is
I am grateful for learning new words. Today I learned “bae.” According to an etymological dictionary, it is Danish for poop. The interesting part is
I am grateful for the watchers, the inspectors. At least at the Minnesota State Fair, the food inspection is rigorous (if not so much the
I am grateful for librarians everywhere: in public libraries, school libraries, business libraries, church libraries, and specialty libraries. They know how to access information. They
I am always grateful for the opportunity to geek out. Ever since I was hired to find the frequency of the word “miracle” in English
If you follow this column, you know that I sometimes share a quote from the Quote Collector at the Stillwater Public Library in Stillwater, MN.
I am grateful for having plenty of work to do. I have to remind myself (often) about the gratitude aspect of that statement. But I’m
I am grateful for the people who write and perform protest songs. I think there’s tremendous power in songs that express the need for change
I am grateful for happenstance. Don’t you find it amazing that a bunch of things find a confluence and magically appear in your life? Today,
I am grateful for schools across the country that dive deeply into books. This elementary school in Phillipsburg, NJ, has transformed their school into Dimwood
Fall color. Driving through northwestern Wisconsin, we saw soothingly quiet glades, bursts of brilliance, nature’s paintings, water tumbling over rocks, and lakeside picnic tables just