Why do we have a leap year? The introduction of leap day or leap year was to orchestrate a match up of the calendar year with the solar year. The best explanation is found on Infoplease.com: “The Gregorian calendar, which now serves as the standard calendar for...
Content takes its shape in many forms. Content appears as words, images, and music. The purpose of content is to convey a thought, idea, expression, or purpose. The poets that came before us were the original content writers. They spoke with messages of love, war,...
Written Resolutions. Yes, it’s that time when the joy of the holidays are behind us and January 1st is looming over our heads. We are forced to face the music:How did we do on our 2019 goals and resolutions? What are we planning for 2020?Over...
Celebrations flourish this time of year. Joys of baking, cooking, and enjoying old-fashioned foods. Engaging in family traditions, and perhaps creating some new ones. Best plan of action: simply enjoying time with family and friends. The team at Put Another Way would like to share our...
Charles Dickens and his impact on the English Language. During the holiday season, we listen to music and read stories in a language that may be unfamiliar to us…Olde English. These works conjure up images of older, and sometimes arguably simpler times. Charles Dickens played quite...
What does serendipity mean? Just the word makes me smile. Serendipity is a meeting, event, or discovery by chance or accident. Unlike fate that may be predetermined, serendipity is purely unexpected…and wonderful.When you have spare time, grab some popcorn and watch the movie Serendipity staring Kate...
The holiday season is our favorite time of year here at Put Another Way. Creative juices are flowing as the holidays gain momentum and snow in Upstate New York sparks imagination.Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Put Another Way. As we begin another year...
Where does the name "Halloween" come from? Halloween is a shortened version of All Hallows Evening. It is the day before All Hallows Day otherwise known as the Christian holiday All Saint’s Day. Hallow meaning blessed.According to timeanddate.com,“Halloween is an observance in many countries and not...
On Thursday I visited the Glens Falls High School in Glens Falls, NY. I was asked by the business class teacher, Robert Amberger to speak with the students about my business, and runing a business Q&A in general.As the students poured in and took their...
Good morning. It's National Punctuation Day 2019! (Can you feel my enthusiasm with that exclamation point?) What is National Punctuation Day? According to the website, https://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/, today is the 16th celebration of National Punctuation Day. It is celebrated every September 14th as:“A celebration of the lowly comma, correctly...
Reading and writing go hand in hand. At Put Another Way, we all love to read so today is an especially grand day to celebrate, other than National Chocolate or Cheese Day (yesterday was Cheese Pizza Day). Today is Read a Book Day. This is not an...
Labor Day weekend is here and many of us look to shorter days, back to school and one last hurrah at the beach. According to History.com,“Labor Day 2019 is on Monday, September 2nd. Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers...