If I had to wager a guess, I’d bet that you likely don’t have strong feelings about crickets. In fact, you probably don’t give crickets much thought at all (unless a cricket has found its way inside your house and …
Spring has finally arrived in my neck of the woods. All at once, leaf and flower buds are forming on trees and plants which have been bare for months. Flowering bulbs are emerging from their underground slumber. And the …
I met my husband in college. We lived in Florida, aptly nicknamed “The Sunshine State” due to the abundance of sunny weather. Given that fact, it didn’t take me long to notice that he had a strange reaction when exposed …
As a native Floridian, I am mesmerized by snow. The world covered in a blanket of white seems so pure and beautiful. Now that I’ve experienced four winters’ worth of snow, I understand why some people hate it. It’s cold. …
We hear it every winter. When the temperatures are due to dip into the single digits, we’re told that what we really need to watch out for is the wind chill. But what exactly is wind chill and why …
