This is my personal story of polio. I also discuss symptoms, causes, and a brief history of the disease in the United States.
Many of the English words we speak today are derived from other languages. They are called loanwords or borrowings. Wikipedia has lists of English words derived from many other languages. The work wiki comes from the Hawaiian word wiki-wiki which...
Spring wildflowers do not bloom very long. They don’t usually occur in massive displays of color. But they are my favorite flowers to search for. When the first wildflowers start to appear in March, you know spring is just around the corner. After...
Ever wonder where all the great vegetables we eat everyday came from? Only a few are native to North America. So where did they originate and how did they get here? Corn (Zea mays) Corn is native to the Americas but not the corn we know...
Growing up in the Midwest I learned to appreciate many different kinds of plants; from the crops of the farmers to the plants growing in the roadside ditches. Most people would call the plants in the ditches weeds – I call them beautiful. They are...