Nerdy Moments in 42 Words

Name of the game on a ‘try something new’ evening? Salty cheese pastries. Looks like a treat, tastes like hazard. Proceed with care—not fully cooked! Embracing #HalfBakedHazard, we pondered Calvin’s wisdom: Isn’t a mistake merely a step towards getting it right?

Today, we mirror those math book folks: I'm four times the age of my water snake daughter. Multiples of 11 is the name of the game. Hint: not a teenager yet. Here's to the untamed tides, and to all mothers riding them!

Exupéry's Little Prince and the stories of the Chinese horoscope. Sometimes we're the 'Ground Goat' mother, and the 'Water Snake' daughter; other days, the Fox and the Prince. We think in stories, we're bits of old yarns, pieced together, figuring out life.

Do we really see them? Kindness is about their momentum. We're kind by lending a hand in our unique ways.

Oh, and make sure to throw a little kindness your own way too. It all starts with how we treat ourselves, right?

One Tuesday afternoon, exploring the tale of 42 beyond math, a girl in a yellow hat and her mom stumbled upon a book. No demolition, no intergalactic highways, just new lenses for their adventures on this 'One Strange Rock'— our unique Earth.

There’s this butterfly, see? Monarch, dollar bills wings. It’s floating, but it ain’t free, it’s a racket, wings pinned by the weight of want and need. It's a raw deal, the kind life hands you when you’re betting on nothing but bucks.

Romanians say that one truly understands a person after visiting where 'he is drinking water from.' Here we are, in front of a silver candy jar. Which candies did Eminescu favor? An unanswered question still haunting us!