Lots of snow hit much of the United States over the past several days. Here in southwestern Ohio, we got about 12 inches. Our hound dog wasn't too thrilled as he is not a snow puppy, but he enjoyed barking at the snowplows when they came through. We spent a long time shoveling out from our door to our curb, and we're fortunate to live in a community with lots of snowplows that take care of the roads, streets, and parking lots. Ohio has upwards of 1,700 snowplows in its official fleet though...

On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed H.R.3706 - A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to make the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., a legal public holiday. The act declared the third Monday of January a federal holiday to be celebrated in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday was January 15. It was the first national federal holiday to have been instituted since Memorial Day and Columbus Day had been enacted in 1968. I often wonder what King might have...

Because WRAD is rad! You see what I did there, right? Does anyone use rad anymore? Probably not. Now that I'm done aging and embarrassing myself, I wanted to draw your attention to the upcoming World Read Aloud Day on February 4, 2026. LitWorld started WRAD back in 2010, and I've been participating since my first picture book came out in 2021. WRAD celebrates the importance of reading aloud, a form of storytelling, as a means of building community and championing literacy. Reading aloud does...