At the October blog team meeting, I was encouraged to write something about National Cookie Day, which is celebrated on December 4th. I thought one of my colleagues who likes to eat the cookies I bake might be better placed to write on this topic but instead the team elected me. So, as this is a …
Today, September 17, is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day. This day has been designated by Congress to recognize the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787 and to recognize all who have become citizens in the last year. I thought it would be interesting this year to talk about the history of the …
Both of my parents were prodigious readers. My father, the physicist, read histories, biographies, dictionaries, and the occasional mystery. My mother read “literature.” I remember Henry James and Jane Austen as two of her favorite authors, with W. Somerset Maugham as light relief. I have inherited their passion for reading and last summer indulged my …