Here is a site for web surfers who are looking for a little holiday spirit. It is called Thanksgiving with Reader’s Digest, and is a collection of potpourri from one of America’s best-known magazines. Here are recipes, projects, traditions, and stories. So have a Happy Thanksgiving, enjoy this site, and try not to eat too much. See you tomorrow.
http://www.rdthanksgiving.com/
Today we continue our celebration of Christmas in August by visiting a site that is always in season. Christmas is a time for family gatherings, family fun, and family traditions. Traditions take all forms, shapes and sizes. Some traditions are traditions without anyone realizing they are. Traditions, that is. One of our family traditions is…
Sunday morning funnies in the newspaper have long been an American tradition. In years past, the funnies at one time were what were responsible for selling so many papers. But with other media becoming more popular, the Sunday funnies have fallen by the wayside. But they are still there, and some have been for many…
One of the most identifiable images in the world today is the golden arches of McDonalds. When I was in the Netherlands for several months, I saw them all over the place. So what is an internet site doing at a McDonalds site, you might ask? Stick around and you’ll see. In addition to the…
In the days before there was money, people used to trade for things. For example, to get a bushel of corn, a man may chop a cord of firewood. This type of transaction didn’t have a fixed price, but was arrived at by an age old technique called bartering. Today’s FamSite is called Ubarter.com, and…
Puzzles are a great way to help minds develop. The mental exercise of solving them is a good way to help young people learn to use cognitive thinking skills, as well as trying their hand at problem solving. Mystery stories have long been an entertaining source of puzzles, some more than others have. Todays Famsite,…
Children’s stories are fun to read, and even more fun to experience over the Internet. Today’s FamSite is an online experience that all children can enjoy. Called Princess Sleepyhead, a story that takes place in the Land o’ the Wood, where your child can help the princess search for the perfect bed by learning to…