Okay, here's the deal. When did people become "that" instead of "who?" I hear this on the radio on the TV ( and shouldn't news reporters know better )? and unless my memory is wrong, have even read it in places. Why? How hard is it to remember that people require a "who"? And here's another--myself instead of me. My boss did this all this time and it drove me crazy. Are we so afraid to be in the spotlight that we have to say, "So-and-so and myself did such-and-so?"
For more information on Rosemary's books please click the cover above. February the Shortest Month of the Year “February brings the snow. “Makes our feet and fingers glow.” 3rd and 4th lines of a nursery rhyme. Anonymous. Hertfordshire. S. East England. 2019 Extracts from My Garden Diary 6th February. First thing in the morning a baby blue sky and sunshine followed by banks of cloud rimmed with gold. Later the sky darkened, and baby snowflakes fluttered to the ground. I wish I was as tolerant in every condition of my life as the trees and plants. 8th February. Patchy snow on the raised beds. Light frost changing the hue of the grass from bright green to silvery green. My nose glowed red when I ventured outside. * * * Miscellaneous. The origin of February’s name is either from the ancient Italian God, Februus or februa purification festivals observed in Rome. Aquarius is the sign of the zodiac for those born between the 1st and 18th. People born between the 19th and 28th/29th are in...
