Marilyn Monroe made famous the song, “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” in the movie “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” In mid-January London-based diamond mining company Gem Diamonds Limited announced the unearthing of what is believed to be the fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever found. The massive rock is said to weight 910 carats which is more than…
In the land of finding just about anything to make us feel warmer as we shiver our way through another January cold blast, here are the record lows for the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul for the following dates in January: January 15: -37 January 16: -29 January 20: -32 January 21: -41…
By now, hopefully, you have taken down your 2017 calendar and put up your 2018 calendar. Maybe you have marked the new calendar with important dates like birthdays, anniversaries, vacations. Or maybe this year you are taking the plunge and getting rid of the old-fashioned paper calendars and going all digital. But whatever your preference,…
January 6 is set aside in the church calendar to celebrate the Epiphany, a word that means “revealing.” The Epiphany season runs from January 6 to Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season. Epiphany refers to Jesus revealing his divine nature through his humanity. It’s one thing to reveal divinity by doing God-like things…
For the past several years I have been keeping a journal, the main purpose of which was to keep track of the unusual events that take place almost daily in my everyday life. Then, at the end of each year, I look back over my journal and compile a list of the top 10 most…
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