Let me tell you a story about what’s been happening in my life recently. This story begins a long time ago, when I was a little girl. Really, though, the most important background information you need to know is that I always was incredibly shy. I suffered from timidity, and, starting in fifth grade, I …
“If you’re worried and you can’t sleep, just count your blessings instead of sheep and you’ll fall asleep counting your blessings” (Bing Crosby, “Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)”). I’m not sure exactly why this song just popped into my head, but I am very glad it did. I recently realized that I’ve been complaining …
Happy fourth of July!! For this Independence Day, I considered writing a post, “The Truth About the Fourth of July,” in which I illuminated all our misconceptions and expounded on true historical facts of the date. (Being a scholar of history, this seemed to me an appropriate approach to the holiday.) Yet, as I thought …