and stylishly outfitted insects. As often happens with superstition, it is actually a bit difficult to determine why ladybugs came to be viewed as lucky. One interesting thing about ladybug superstitions is that these superstitions are so universal: usually, superstitions about living things are ...
Ladybugs are pulling a fast one on us. If they were black, we wouldn’t like them. They’d be icky, small beetles. But humans are a cheap audience, and dressing up like a clown has done the trick and made them likable to humans. A big strike against them is that they do have st...
And ladybugs don’t just enjoy aphids for their meal – they’ll also make short work of whitefly, spider mites and other pests too! Nettles are endlessly useful in the garden and in the kitchen too Nutritious Nettles Nettles are a great ingredient to cook with. To pick them you’ll...
“You’ll know she’s there.” “She’ll never really leave.” These are the very kind and infuriating things people have said to me over and over again since my mom died in 2012. I needed to believe that this would be true. That as she was dying in hospice, it would all be ok...
Aaron: I’m just calling to see if there is anything I need to bring with me. Simon: Oh no, you don’t need to bring a thing. It’s all covered. Aaron: Are you sure? I’m used to always bringing something. Isn’t your family going to be insulted if I don’t show my ap...
Cats are also excellent hunters of insects, keeping your home safe from moths, houseflies, and other creepy crawlies (be warned, however; some types of bugs aren’t very tasty to cats. Your cat probably won’t do much to keep ladybugs out of your home.) ...
people will they did. They are understandably dejected when they find that avoid thinking. The implication of this principle is that teachers some of their pupils don’t like school much, and that they, the should reconsider how they encourage their students to think in teachers, have great di...