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Celebrating the Joys of Summer’s Kickoff June bursts onto the scene as a month brimming with sunshine, longer…
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Each year on April 8th, National Zoo Lovers Day encourages us to explore our local zoos. Each year…
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February is the year’s quiet paradox—a shortest month that somehow contains multitudes. Sandwiched between the forward momentum of…
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National Florida Day on January 25 recognizes the 27th state to join the United States. The Sunshine State…
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The definition of gratitude is being glad that something has or hasn’t happened; that something or someone exists;…