pbs-food:

Getting up early to shop on Black Friday? Energize your shopping crew with these delicious chocolate chip pumpkin pancakes. Of course, they will taste just as good as a late brunch after a lazy morning sleeping in.

Get the recipe.

More #ThanksgivingPBS resources: http://to.pbs.org/VIoF7k

Life Lessons for My Younger Self

I remember my parents trying to impart wisdom upon my younger self – and my busy little brain was saying something like: “Yeah, yeah, sure, whatever.”
When I started RedBalloon, I would start thinking about Christmas in late July. What I have learned is there will be another Christmas. Do the best with what you have, and enjoy the journey.

Life Lessons for My Younger Self

CROSSING THE BAR

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crost the bar.

– Lord Alfred Tennyson

Art has this surprisingly obvious impact on intelligence

creativesomething:

There’s something about art that entices the brain, even for those who don’t consider themselves to be fans of art.

For example, if you go to a museum, you’re bound to find yourself looking at a work of art and immediately asking questions about it. What does it imply? How was it created?…

Art has this surprisingly obvious impact on intelligence