About: Margaret Vander Weerdt

To our credit, we Americans are still doing our own thing to re-declare our independence each Fourth of July, in part by spending it largely as we please. We don’t hold forth, over our potato salad and grilled burgers, about what this day signifies. Like those truths our forefathers held, it seems self-evident to us. Fireworks...

Every year across the nation, the third Sunday in June is Father’s Day – a day for children and adults to recognize and appreciate the support of a father or father figure. Whether he is mowing the lawn, washing the car, making toast, gone to work, or catching some Z’s, every dear old dad is...

May, the month for memories and moms, is almost over. The memories are the ones created at graduations and also those remembered on Memorial Day. May also brings warmer weather, longer days, and a lot of motorcycles. When I hear a motorcycle ride by, I’m happy because that means warmer weather is here. Even when...

For a few days, I lost an article about numerical idioms/expressions that I wanted to share here. Accidentally, I found it again. Remember I love words and trivia and once more this qualifies for both. Here are 10 interesting numerical expressions. Some I’m sure you’ve never heard before but then learning something new keeps  your...

Spring is in the air, and Easter is just around the corner! It is time to dust off the cobwebs of winter and start fresh. Embrace the clean crispness in the air, the tiny blades of grass popping through the dirt, flowers blooming and dusting the spring breeze with their sweet scents, and birds singing....