Hope you and your family have a wonderful time celebrating Father’s Day together!
Today on Memorial Day, we remember and honor all men and women who died in military service for the United States of America.
We are grateful for their service and sacrifice.
Dating back to the 1860’s, Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, honored soldiers who had died in the Civil War. Continue reading Memorial Day 2018: Remembering Those Who Died While Serving Our Country
The Dixon Ticonderoga.
I can still see the bright yellow Dixon Ticonderoga pencil with the perfect sharp tip sitting on my third grade desk as I waited for my teacher to hand out math tests.
My pencil always had to have a sharp tip.
Which meant I spent a fair amount of time sharpening it at the pencil sharpener, much to my teacher Mrs. Simpson’s frustration.
Before she could pass the tests out to my row, I picked up my pencil, twirled it around with my fingers, switched it to my left hand, and started tapping it on the palm of my right hand.
And that’s when it happened. Continue reading TED Talk: Why the Pencil is Perfect [Video]