What do spheres, Archimedes, calculus, The Simpsons, physics, Star Trek, pyramids, and Carl Sagan’s novel Contact all have in common? Pi, otherwise known as 3.14… Pi is the exact ratio representing that the circumference of a circle is slightly more than three times as long as its diameter. One of the oldest and most important […]
Author: Elizabeth Grant
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Pity Party
The sore spot in my throat has progressed the way of all the colds I get… sinus congestion, cough and laryngitis. As of right now I have no voice to speak of (pun intended). My husband has been out of town for the week, it’s cold outside, the house is a mess, the kids don’t […]
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Groundhog Day – February 2
How did an early Christian blessing and distributing of candles day, known as Candlemas, switch to a day for a groundhog to predict the weather? Apparently February 2 is considered the middle of winter. Since people were hoping that the last half of winter would be short, they received candles blessed by priests and […]
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Finding the Good Stuff…
What do you look for when shopping at a thrift store? I know it’s easy to get distracted by junk or outrageous items, but I’ve realized that my first response to an item is visual. Does it have an appealing pattern, texture, or color? The second is by touch; does it feel good? Would it […]
My understanding as a child was that we were Irish. Way back when, one of the three Caldwell brothers came from Ireland and eventually Grandpa and Grandma Caldwell ended up in Pennsylvania. Once a year my heritage seemed relevant when we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day although no one was ever Catholic to my knowledge. […]
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Get It Straight
One of my fondest childhood memories is of driving my grandpa’s Craftsman riding lawnmower with the mowing blades up, over their verdant acreage in Meadville, Pennsylvania. While Grandma and the aunts prepared a feast inside, free of distractions, Grandpa monitored from the shade as all the grandchildren took their turns pretending to mow around trees, […]
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Buffalo Exchange
Buffalo Exchange is a local consignment shop where people can take their unwanted clothing and get a portion of the sales price. I convinced my mother-in-law to come with me to check it out and we found these two great jackets for a total of $35. Thrift stores are usually less expensive, but you have […]
The USS Nautilus was the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine; namesake of the submarine in Jules Verne’s Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and the fourth Navy ship to bear that name, she was launched on January 21, 1954, and broke records in how long she could remain submerged, how quickly she could travel underwater and […]
I’ll admit that occasionally I do things to amuse myself and this story falls under that category. Anyway, when the kids were in school full time, I started considering alternatives to cleaning the house all day and decided to look for a part-time job to earn some spending money and get out in the community. […]
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