Archive for July, 2009
Fans rejoice — football season only weeks away
All of us football fans out there are rejoicing — the new football season is only weeks away. (Caveat, when I say “football,” I’m talking about American football, not the sport the rest of the world calls football but we in the U.S. knows as “soccer”!)Read more on Fans rejoice — football season only weeks away…
New school year probably means doing some moving
Ah, the joys of each new school year in America. I remember them well, both as a student and as a parent of students, and none of those memories move me quite as much as, uh, well, the NON-joys of moving the kids from home to on-campus housing.Read more on New school year probably means doing some moving…
I thought peanut butter was the perfect food — but peanut allergies rise
From my earliest memories back in the 1950s (yes, I am that old), I remember eating peanut butter. Of course, peanut butter wasn’t my first food, but it had to have been an early addition to my diet. I can clearly remember as a very young pre-schooler enjoying a treat with my Mom: She would make us both peanut butter and honey (or even just sugar) sandwiches that we’d eat together lying across the bed looking at comic books.Read more on I thought peanut butter was the perfect food — but peanut allergies rise…