Happy Winter Solstice. I hope everyone is having a good day and staying warm. Today was also our little puppy dog Chardonnay's birthday. She would've been 18 today. We lost her suddenly just before her 14th birthday in 2020. She had more white hair as she aged, don't we all, but she was my little love and I was so glad she was. She kept me company in all the odd places that we lived around the world.
I still miss her. I pray she'll run up and meet me in heaven some day.
Congratulations to @Fuezie and @steve-allen. Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@Fuezie What's one job where you have to trust people even though you really don't want to.....?
@steve-allen What daily habit do you do that you really didn't know you had until someone pointed it out?
Congratulations to @frenchi. Your question was chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists
@frenchi. what is something weird that you recommend everyone trying at least once?
An interesting lil tidbit from 'The History Vault'
(with an added funny)
The history of the olive tree stretches back to the very beginning of recorded time in the Mediterranean. In the book of Genesis, it was a freshly plucked olive leaf that the dove brought back to Noah, signaling that the floodwaters had receded and God had provided a new start for humanity.
By 3000 BC, the people of Crete were cultivating these trees for food and fuel. The Romans later spread them across their entire empire because olive oil was more valuable than gold for lighting lamps, cooking, and medicine. In the Old Testament, holy anointing oil was made from a base of olive oil to consecrate priests and kings for service.
Botanists have studied the ancient trees still standing on the Mount of Olives today. While the trunks have been repaired by nature over time, some of the root systems are believed to be over 2,000 years old. This means they are likely the direct descendants of the very trees that stood during the time of ...
