Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in bothContinue Reading
Aries (♈) (meaning “ram”) is the first astrological sign in the zodiac, spanning the first 30 degrees of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this sign from approximately March 20 to April 21 each year. This time duration is exactly the first month of the Solar HijriContinue Reading
March brings in FULL WORM MOON, also known as a Crow Moon or a Sap Moon. Historically, month names are names of moons in lunisolar calendars. Such names have gained currency in American folklore. They appear in print more widely outside of the almanac tradition from the 1990s in popularContinue Reading
Dame Jane Morris Goodall DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, 3 April 1934), formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her over 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees sinceContinue Reading
What can you find in MARCH INTO LITERACY MONTH? A lexagram (or lexigram) is a form of wordplay where the letters in a name or phrase are shuffled to create new words. These new words make short statements that, ideally, describe the original term. For example, the word ASTRONOMICAL hasContinue Reading
Letter sequences are useful when searching for words-within-words. While an online generator is great to quickly obtain a list of candidate words that are valid for lexagrams or anagrams, there is a lot of fun to be found in searching for words yourself! Let’s explore… MEDITERRANEAN SEA Look for wordsContinue Reading
William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. He died of pneumonia thirty-one days into his term, thereby serving the shortest tenure in United States presidential history. Because he was theContinue Reading
Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known as African-American History Month. It has received official recognition from governments in the United States and Canada, and more recently has been observed unofficially in Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. ItContinue Reading
Looking for words within words is challenging, especially when trying to isolate a specific person or time. The words found in TOM JONES will reveal more of the person if his title is used, as in PROFESSOR TOM JONES or TOM JONES, ESQUIRE. Adding a nickname also makes the termsContinue Reading
Groundhog Day is a popular tradition celebrated in the United States and Canada on February 2. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day sees a shadow due to clear weather, it will retreat to its den and winter willContinue Reading