Author: lcarlson

“Wear muted colors — we don’t want you to scare our sheep,” Tour de France cyclists are told by authorities This year’s Tour de France begins in Leeds, Yorkshire’s largest city   Day 1 Leeds to Harrogate — Day...

  Also added: pineapple buns, milk tea, umbrella making, and lantern making. Truly “Celebrating the Ordinary.” Read more about this news in the South China Morning Post’s article “The 480 things that represent...

June 19 — same date every year   Sauntering: walking along slowly, aimlessly, happily Cats saunder too World Sauntering Day began in 1979 at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan, the hotel with the world’s...

“Rare British Guiana stamp sets record at New York auction”price in BBC News US & Canada reports record price of $9.5 million [£5.6 million] at an action at Sotheby’s in New York. The stamp was a rare 1856 one...

As reported in Turlock City News, a man having coffee at a Starbucks walked away from his table without asking anyone to watch his things — laptop and other possessions. When he returned to the table a few minutes later,...