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Living (and loving) Life
I’m sure you’ve probably noticed that silver dollars, half-dollars, quarters and dimes have ridges around their edges, but nickels and pennies don’t.
Have you ever wondered why that is?
Well, those ridges are called reedings, and the reason why they’re present on some coins dates all the way back to the establishment of the Coinage Act of 1792…
“Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have.”
–Catherine Pulsifer
For most folks, Thanksgiving is a season of joy.
It’s a day for spending time with loved ones, enjoying the most awesome meal of the year and then spending the rest of the day doing whatever it is that makes Thanksgiving special for each of us.
Truth be told, Thanksgiving isn’t just a name we chose to assign to the fourth Thursday of every November.
Living (and loving) Life
If you’re familiar with the history of Apple, Inc. you probably know it was co-founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
What you probably don’t know is the two Steves actually partnered with a third co-founder by the name of Ronald Wayne.
By now you’ve probably heard about the 6 feet of lake effect snow that bombarded parts of New York state over the weekend.
As you might expect, numerous security cameras and video doorbells captured the action as the snow piled up to record-breaking depths.
Personally, I can’t even imagine trying to deal with snow that’s deeper than I am tall, but millions of New Yorkers are having to do just that. [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
Ricky Skaggs is best known a successful Country music performer, but like many Country greats he actually got his start in the Bluegrass genre.
And like most of those Bluegrass-turned-Country stars, he first began making great music at a very young age.
I was checking out some videos on YouTube last night and stumbled across this gem featuring a 7 year old Ricky showing off his musical chops with none other than Bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs.