Now just a bit of gallimaufry about ceilings… First the obvious… ceilings, as we know, are the surface above our heads protecting a room from the elements or an upper story. They can be the underside of a floor or the roof to the house. Sometimes ceilings are used to hide upper floors or roof…

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Honey bees are one of the world’s most studied creatures. Those honey bees we take for granted, pollinate about one third of the food we eat and enjoy. Though their lifespan is a meager 6-8 weeks, a worker bee flies the distance of circumference of our Earth approximately 1 1/2 times. One bee produces only…

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Since today we are celebrating cats, I thought it might be a good time to reminisce about the gallimaufry of superstitions connected to cats… especially, “black” cats… Apparently, if a black cat has a single white hair, it is considered good luck. Not sure what it means if they have white boots. Kittens born in…

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