by mmooney | Nov 27, 2020 | The Friday Message
I am thankful for so many things. Today I am giving a shout out to NPR. “NPR strives to create a more informed public—one challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of events, ideas, and cultures.” Credible research suggests NPR ranks #1...
by mmooney | Nov 20, 2020 | The Friday Message
November 22 is just another day on the calendar for most Americans. It is a bittersweet day for me as I clearly remember my seventh grade class at Irving Junior High was called together to let us know the President had been shot. Waiting in the auditorium, we soon...
by mmooney | Nov 13, 2020 | The Friday Message
A cephalopod mollusk with a light external spiral shell – Nautiluses swim with the buoyant gas-filled shell upright. The largest and newest chamber is where the animal lives and the smaller chambers are used like submarine ballast tanks to regulate buoyancy. So...
by mmooney | Nov 6, 2020 | The Friday Message
As I move ever closer to my 70th birthday, I find myself looking back to the good old days and those memories. I was telling my daughter and my golf partner, Frick, about a newly elected person in Oklahoma. The woman is Muslim and is a declared nonbinary person. Good...
by mmooney | Oct 30, 2020 | The Friday Message
I read with amazement and great interest an article from Refinery29. I am looking forward to Halloween this year with all of the necessary precautions and creativity to entertain the kids and keep everyone safe. It is possible those who think mask wearing is an...
by mmooney | Oct 23, 2020 | The Friday Message
Halloween is heading our way and in spite of the COVID issues, the kids love this holiday. Ghostbusters does the trick for children of all ages and I now know all the lines from the movie. Yesterday was “decorate the haunted Halloween cookie house day” as...
