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You de WHAT?

I’m … what?

You de monia, MJ.

I’m de, er, the? I’m the … monia?

You de monia.

Okay, I don’t have pneumonia if that’s what you mean. In fact, I’m feeling pert, perky, in the pink, positively …

Not pneumonia, silly! Sound it out: Yoo-di-moh-nee-uh.

AH-HA! You said “eudemonia”!

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National Nurses Day

Who are some of the sweetest, most caring people on the planet?

Well, farmgirls, natch. But who else?

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Unbound in Idaho

Aspiring authors, perk up your pens!

Here’s a cool concept that …

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Cinco de Mayo

If anyone ever asks you, “When is Cinco de Mayo?” don’t fall for it—just remember when you learned to count to ten in Spanish: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco …

Cinco de Mayo is of course Spanish for the 5th of May.

Cinco de Mayo, 1901 poster, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, bking

Here are a couple of things we should know about this holiday:

At our local bar it may be just a day to …

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