LAVENDER GINGER LEMONADE Makes 6 servings Lavender Ginger Syrup (recipe follows) 4 cups water ½ cup fresh lemon juice Prepare the lavender syrup. In a 2 quart pitchwe4r, combine water, lemon juice and syrup. Add ice to the top and stir to chill (or serve in ice filled glasses). Lavender Ginger Syrup 1 cup sugar 4 ounces crystallized ginger chopped 2 tablespoons dried culinary... Read More
What does summer sound like? There is a definite sway and rhythmic beat to this sultry season. A simple arrangement of 8 notes has a magical quality of transporting one back to a time of endless days filled with youthful excitement and adventure. The melodies pouring through the airwaves evoke special memories. Was it a family road trip with everyone singing at the top of... Read More
Lavender is for lovers true, Which evermore be faine; Desiring always for to have Some pleasure for their paine: And when that they obtained have The love that they require, Then have they all their perfect joie, And quenched is the fire. By Clement Robinson Handefull of Pleasant Delites, 1584 Throughout the millennia this lovely fragrant, purple herb has captured the hearts of poets... Read More
Here’s a puzzler for you…puzzles! The origins of jigsaw puzzles go back to the 1760s when European mapmakers pasted maps onto wood and cut them into small pieces. John Spilsbury, an engraver and mapmaker, is credited with inventing the first jigsaw puzzle in 1767. The dissected map has been a successful educational toy ever since. American children still learn geography by playing with puzzle maps... Read More
OUR Nation is reverently thinking today Of the loved ones sleeping beneath the cold clay; Of the sacrifice made, and the brave deeds done, To preserve our Union as a glorious one. We ne’er will be able to pay the great cost Of the noble, the true, and the brave that we’ve lost; But over their graves, with tears like the dew, We’ll lay our... Read More
Memorial Day is right around the corner on the calendar. Most celebrate this 3 day weekend as the unofficial start of summer. Throughout the United States backyard barbeques abound. As the summer heat is turned up simple, cool dishes are served up on many family dinner tables. Interestingly enough, most perceive the colder the better to eat in summer, but in some countries the “hotter”... Read More
Summer vacation is approaching. Many families have been anticipating a break from the school and work schedules. This is not the time for biorhythmic confusion. If you’re planning a trip which involves traveling through multiple time zones, you can’t avoid jet lag. Studies have found that it takes a full day to recover from each time zone you travel through. Our bodies are naturally programmed... Read More
For all the students preparing for History and English Lit finals in upcoming weeks, here is a seasonal interest piece just for you! In 1157, collection of writings by Thomas Tusser, “A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry,” there is a poem. A familiar poem by today’s standards, but probably would not pass the grade in class due to its brief length. It goes as follows:... Read More
Well, you better find them because it is “National Knuckles Down Month!” This phrase was commonly used to describe the process of getting busy and doing something productive in the business world. Quite simply, the term is used in the game of Marbles. When getting ready to “shoot” the marble, you turn your hand palm up with all of your knuckles (except for your thumb)... Read More
It’s Spring Fever Time! Can you name the State to it’s Flower? Yes, there are repeats…and there is a pattern! STATE FLOWER STATE STATE FLOWER STATE STATE FLOWER STATE CAMELLIA FORGET ME NOT SAGUARO CACTUS APPLE BLOSSOM GOLDEN POPPY COLUMBINE CO MOUNTAIN LAUREL PEACH BLOSSOM ORANGE BLOSSOM CHEROKEE ROSE HIBISCUS SYRINGA VIOLET PEONY WILD ROSE SUNFLOWER GOLDENROD MAGNOLIA PINE CONE BLACK EYED SUSAN... Read More
