Women’s History & Galifon
Courtesy Boingboing.net March is a month to appreciate and celebrate our women. Califon, NJ, is an interesting little town– not just for its storied town name history and [...]
A Healthy Pace
“Auld Lang Syne” is an old traditional song that was orally shared until a Scot named Robert Burns sent it to a Scottish museum in the late 1700s. It gained [...]
Cooking is Creativity
You Have to Start Somewhere Bex is a multifaceted culinary company that started humbly as a restaurant/cafe in the quaint bucolic town of Califon, NJ. Califon is in Hunterdon County, [...]
Nourishing the Body and Mind
Theodor Geisel, the children’s book author better known by his nom de plume Dr. Seuss, would turn 119 on March 2, 2023. His birthday coincides with Read Across America Week, [...]
Valentine’s Day Soldiers On
Many cultures take credit for kickstarting American traditions: “the Romans started civilization!” “The world owes it all to Greece!” “Thank the Dutch for civilization, etc.” America is a hodgepodge of [...]
Quest for Fire
After a rough go of being a carpetbagger in Atlanta a few years ago, and deciding to go back north, I had some in-between time at an Airbnb. I’d never [...]
Beards, Men’s Health, and Creativity in the Kitchen
Manuary is a portmanteau (a made up word combining the sounds and meanings of other words) combining “man” with “January,” started by students at Brentwood school in British Columbia, Canada. [...]
