Monthly Archives: June 2020
Temecula Valley – California’s Other Wine Country
When asked about California wine country, my thoughts quickly go to Sonoma and Napa Valleys, but there are many areas of California where good wines are grown. One relatively new area is Temecula Valley in Southern California,...
Meteor Day / Disabled Veterans’ Day
Meteor Day
June 30
A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star or falling star, is the visible passage of a glowing meteoroid, micro-meteoroid, comet or asteroid through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air...
4th Of July Decor
Happy 4th, y’all!
Times are sure different right now, and as this holiday approaches I hope you take the time to pray for our country, our local community, and our leaders.
I’m sure we’re all excited to welcome a...
Camera Day / Waffle Iron Day
Camera Day
June 29
The camera was developed by multiple people, over the course of history. But the camera was invented, as we know it today, by French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in (about) 1816. Niépce technically took the...
Her Story: Cindy Smith
In spite of tragedies in her younger life, Cindy Smith has become a strong and caring woman who truly loves helping those in need. The woman with the million-dollar smile is a successful business woman, a devoted...
Paul Bunyan Day / National Ceviche Day
Paul Bunyan Day
June 28
Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American and Canadian folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue...
What Will You Choose to Be? – The Dallas...
Will you choose to be an Upstander, a Perpetrator, a Victim, or a Bystander?
This call to action is given to all visitors of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum which reopened in September 2019. The museum,...
National Sunglasses Day / International Pineapple Day
National Sunglasses Day
June 27
Sunglasses were "invented" 2,000 years ago. The Inuit (Eskimos) created snow goggles from animal bone, leather, and wood. There were small slits that allowed only the tiniest of light through. This effectively shielded the eyes from...
Do Right
I try to live my life by a quite simple principle:
"Right people do the right thing because it's the right thing to do."
However, I am very aware that it is often easier to do wrong than...
Harry Potter Day / National Canoe Day
Harry Potter Day
June 26
The author of the Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, wrote the first children’s books included on the New York Bestseller list since E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web in 1952. When Harry Potter and the Prisoner...
