Posts by Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn

Plastic straws have been in the news lately, and not for anything good. People want to get rid of them, and consumers have been encouraging businesses and consumers alike to get on board in order to start trying to mitigate single-use plastics’ devastating effect on the world’s marine ecosystems. But plastic straws only make up...

I can’t imagine recovering from a C-section, a major surgery, only to learn that my day-old infant would need to go under the knife to have practically the same operation. But that’s exactly what happened to Monica Vega and her daughter, Itzamara, after her birth. Itzamara suffered from what’s known as fetus-in-fetu, which happens when...

I’ve never really considered that people over the age of 5 might think strawberry, chocolate, and regular milks come from different color cows, but, I mean, if no one ever told you differently…I suppose it could still make sense? Aside from the fact that you’ve never actually seen a pink cow. Then again, I live...

As a self-professed hermit and also someone who spends most of her days and nights looking after two young boys (and one husband), I can state with one-hundred-percent certainty that I am never prepared to run into someone from high school when I leave the house. I’m wearing the same clothes I’ve had on for...

If there’s one thing people love to see on the internet even more than cats, it’s human beings sticking their necks out for each other – perhaps especially when the people involved are perfect strangers. The phrase “if you see something, say something” has become a little passé, but the truth is that sometimes it’s...

There’s a niche for literally everything on the internet – even for people who want to come together to deride and hate on stuff together: it’s called Twitter. JK! Enter the IG account “Please Hate These Things,” a place for people looking for the what-not-to-do of the design world. Kind of like an opposite-Joanna Gaines,...

It’s always a good time to wax nostalgic about Harry Potter, and thinking about a 10-year-old Emma Watson – just getting into her character as Hermione Granger – writing with an actual quill to make her scene look more believable is pretty darn cute. And the internet figured this out… because of course it did!...

Every relationship is unique, but there are some challenges that crop up in couples no matter the circumstances. Therapists, psychologists, relationship experts, and others who have seen and heard it all gave these 16 tips for keeping things happy and healthy through the years – so why not benefit from the wisdom of their experience?...

You might not know this, but Teddy Roosevelt was a voracious reader. He reportedly read around a book a day, and was often reading more than one book at a time. Setting aside the fact that the piece he wrote for Ladies Home Journal smacks of a dude imparting knowledge to a bunch of daft...

The critically-acclaimed film Harriet recently came out at the U.S. box office, and (for most viewers) the movie is going to tell stories about this American historical figure that were previously unknown. If you haven’t had time to get to the theatre yet, or you’re wanting to share details about a great American legend with...

Riddles are a great way to challenge yourself, hone your mind, or just pass the time – and we’ve borrowed these 6 tricky ones from @BRAINTWISTER on Twitter. Can you solve them all? 6. What delights the ladies you know? Can you solve this? pic.twitter.com/mY3BvyZ84z — Solve The Riddles (@BRAlNTWISTER) November 15, 2019 5. So...

“They don’t make them like they used to!” It’s a refrain we hear often from the older generation around us, and about pretty much everything – cars, washing machines, people  – and even though most of us may just roll our eyes and mutter “OK, Boomer,” one Tumblr user was on the same page: https://princealigorna.tumblr.com/post/179536633233/and-this-is-why-we-used-to-make-cars-out-of-steel...

In the history of forever, it’s never been easy to keep a secret, but I’m going to go ahead and say the challenge at least doubled when the internet arrived. I mean, just ask any school-aged kid out there how easy it is to have anything stay their own for more than an hour, and...

We all have our ways of dealing with the dreary, long, dark days of winter, but while many embrace a Danish philosophy called hygge – which means staying snuggled and cozy indoors – more and more people are turning to the Dutch way of dealing with things. Uitwaaien takes the opposite approach, sort of encouraging...

File Under: Yes, History Can Be Both Fun And Interesting Some might argue that, given the brutal, bloody way William the Conquerer ruled England, his brutal, stinking, bloody end was more than fitting. William who-would-be-the-Conquerer was born around 1028 to the Duke of Normandy and a peasant girl. Officially a bastard, William still inherited his...