We hope you enjoyed our March 2021 issue of This Awful Awesome Life. We’ll be back in April with articles about spring, spring cleaning hacks, and chocolate – one of my favorite subjects. We’ll have another quiz for you. I’m looking for some new quiz formats to keep you on your toes and entertained. Healthy eating tips are on the menu along with an article about the many benefits of Tai Chi. I just started learning Tai Chi. It’s an adjustment from my previous fitness routines, but my joints are thanking me and I’m trying to learn how to relax.

I’m reviewing The Little Book of Life Hacks by Yumi Sakugawa for April and I’ll have reading recommendations for all ages. Our soup for April will be vegetarian vegetable paired with a vegetable panini and Linda Cahill will be back with more delicious recipes courtesy of Pampered Chef.

I’ll have an update on COVID19 and how the vaccine roll-out is progressing and where we go from there.

Hopefully, our regular contributors will be back with interesting articles and I’m always looking for new and interesting features about our awful awesome lives.

Until next month, wear your mask, maintain social distancing guidelines, and avoid crowds. Get vaccinated when your group is called and be ready to keep wearing those masks for as long as it takes. We’ve lost 500,000 Americans to this pandemic; we mustn’t lose more because we become careless.

Until Next Month,

Be safe; be well; you are important, and you are loved,

Fran

Answers to the March 2021 Spring Quiz:

1.    Which one of these flowers does not traditionally bloom in spring? a. English primroses (bloom in late winter)

2.    Which one of these vegetables is not in season in spring? c. Broccoli* (summer)

3.    Which one of these fruits is not in season in spring? b. Cantaloupes (summer)

4.    Which of these animals do not give birth in the spring? a. Bears (give birth in the winter)

5.    Which one of these famous albums did not debut in the spring? d. Lady Gaga, The Fame (October 28, 2008)

6.    Which one of these sports records was not achieved in the spring? b. The Men’s 100 Meter Dash in 9.58 seconds by Usain Bolt (8/16/2009)

7.    Which one of these famous artists was not born in spring? a. Frida Kahlo (7/6/1907)

8.    Which one of these famous treaties was not signed in the spring? c. The Treaty of Paris, 1898 that ended the Spanish American War (12/10/1898)

9.    Which one of these holidays or festivals does not take place in spring? c. Amsterdam Light Festival, The Netherlands – 100’s of light installations are on display on land and on water (from late-November through mid-January).

10. Which one of these famous films was not set primarily in the spring? b. Coco

11. Which one of these foods is not associated with spring or Easter? a. Key Lime Pie

12. Which one of these U.S. states did not become a state through ratification or admission to the union during the spring? c. Wyoming

13. Which of these presidents was not born in the spring? b. Jimmy Carter (10/01/1924)

14. Which one of these sports is not an NCAA Spring Sport? d. Women’s Volleyball (Fall sport)

15. Which one of these events does not traditionally take place in the spring? c. Wimbledon (held either the last week of June or the first week of July)