The holidays are over, you’re at work again and back into the swing of things…this weekend would be the perfect time to write some thank you cards for the people who were thoughtful enough to give you gifts.

photo credit: Iain Farrell

For many people, this task is onerous. You might have childhood memories, as I do, of being forced to write thank you notes to people you didn’t even know, but sent you gifts – it was proper and therefor my mother expected, nay, required it of me. In a way, she was right. Although, now, we are all grown up and those people you should be sending those thank you cards to are people that you do know and care about. Approach this task with your heart, not as if it …read more

In honor of today’s date being a palindrome (in the United States and other countries that write the date out month/date/year) I thought I would link to one of my favorite songs about palindromes, They Might Be Giants, I Palindrome I.

Here is a link to a Boston Globe article about today’s date as well.

Happy gifting!