Solving the LEGO® Problem
The LEGO Problem If you have children between 5 and 15 in your life, it’s very likely that somewhere in a cupboard or on a shelf there is something that looks like this: My seven-year-old granddaughter, who loves playing with LEGO blocks, recently requested a...
Cereal Grain Cafe Podcast
Hello there! I am excited to share with you a podcast that I was recently featured on, The Cereal Grain Café with Dr. Kurt A. Rosentrater. In Season 2, Episode 3 – Whole Grains with Marlene Bumgarner we discuss whole grains, organic foods, recipes, and history....
October is National Reading Group Month: What Are You Reading?
Cooling Weather – Time to Read As soon as October arrived with relief from the heat wave, I turned to my very tall stack of TBR (To Be Read) books. Soon I was curled up in my reading chair wrapped in a blanket, lost in The Christie Affair, by Nina de Gramont,...
3 Reasons to Read Classic Books
Why Should We Read Classic Books? I have recently learned why I love great literature, and why we should read more classic books. Classics are timeless. Classic fiction contains thought-provoking situations that present its characters with sociological and...
My Antidote for Sadness – Generation Alpha
We All Make Mistakes It was a mistake. After the elections, I returned to watching network news. For most of the last four years, I have avoided watching or listening to any news program that was likely to mention the antics of the Trump administration or the latest...
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