About: Margaret Vander Weerdt

Tomorrow is Oct. 14, and it’s always National Dessert Day. It’s very rare that a special day is filled with yummy treats. This is the date to indulge in that wonderful, sweet ending to a meal. Desserts can be from a list of many things, including cakes, cookies, Jell-O, pastries, ice cream, pies, pudding, candy,...

Every week, I receive literally hundreds of emails, especially related to the upcoming election these days. I receive numerous survey results of no interest to me and probably most of you, so I actively use my keyboard delete key. On a recent “down day” when things weren’t going as well as they should, I received an...

When we’re little, we learn about the four seasons and the climate changes that accompany each. Fall, autumn, season before winter, harvest time – whatever you call it, it’s here now, the season of piles of pumpkins, crops, and apples. Today, Sept. 22, is the first day of autumn at 9:21 a.m. The morning air...

World Gratitude Day is celebrated annually on Sept. 21. The celebration of Gratitude Day allows both individual citizens and organizations within wider society to celebrate the broad meaning of gratitude in a variety of ways. The celebration started in 1965 in Hawaii when an international gathering decided it would be a good idea to have one...

During 11 out of the 12 months of the year, we enjoy a wide range of holidays. When we get to August, there is a major shortage of big holidays to celebrate. Perhaps it is just as well there are no big holidays to compete with National Marshmallow Toasting Day every Aug. 30. After all,...