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Why do we have a leap year? The introduction of leap day or leap year was to orchestrate a match up of the calendar year with the solar year. The best explanation is found on Infoplease.com: “The Gregorian calendar, which now serves as the standard calendar for civil...
Charles Dickens and his impact on the English Language. During the holiday season, we listen to music and read stories in a language that may be unfamiliar to us…Olde English. These works conjure up images of older, and sometimes arguably simpler times. Charles...
What does serendipity mean? Just the word makes me smile. Serendipity is a meeting, event, or discovery by chance or accident. Unlike fate that may be predetermined, serendipity is purely unexpected…and wonderful. When you have spare time, grab some popcorn and watch...
Good morning. It's National Punctuation Day 2019! (Can you feel my enthusiasm with that exclamation point?) What is National Punctuation Day? According to the website, https://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/, today is the 16th celebration of National Punctuation Day....
Reading and writing go hand in hand. At Put Another Way, we all love to read so today is an especially grand day to celebrate, other than National Chocolate or Cheese Day (yesterday was Cheese Pizza Day). Today is Read a Book Day. This is not an official U.S. holiday...
“My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman and a preacher but every day, three times a day, you need a farmer.” – Brenda Schoepp, respected speaker, author, consultant, and mentor based in Canada. Welcome to National...
“I am.” Ok, arguably, “Go!” could be the shortest sentence but for my purposes, we are going to use “I Am.” There are scholars who argue I am is not a complete sentence. A complete sentence contains a subject and a verb. Therefore, they claim "Go!" is the shortest...
Today is Flag Day and we thought we would share some fun facts about our country’s symbol of freedom. The first flag was not sewn by Betsy Ross. Congress adopted the American flag by resolution of the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The colors of the...
I am introducing Pack Rat Day in an effort to spark conversation about saving old things for ever and ever no matter the value. This applies to your business and your digital ‘life’ and storage. Why the term Pack Rat? The term pack rat describes a person who collects...
What are crutch words? Crutch words are words we use, often times repeatedly, when there is a gap in our thought process whether speaking or writing. Crutch words afford the speaker or writer with an opportunity to breathe or think for a moment. Some examples are:...
