Month: March 2025

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The Blood Moon: Why It Occurs

What’s that red thing?

What is a blood moon? Well, scientifically, it’s called a “lunar eclipse”. It’s known for it’s temporary red-orange to crimson color. Unfortunately, this beautiful red only lasts for about 3 hours. Even though a blood moon is common than a solar eclipse, lunar eclipses are still a natural phenomena, and are very rare. In fact, the last lunar eclipse happened on November 8, 2022! That’s a long period of time, but not too long. But the NEXT total blood moon will actually be in March, 2026. That’s in about a year, so we won’t have to wait TOO long. But wait! WHY does a blood moon occur? Is it sorcery? Is it a sign from the aliens? Is the moon on fire? Check out the next paragraph to find out.

it’s not on fire?!

To put it simply, no, it’s not sorcery, aliens, or fire. We are not in danger, because this has always happened every few years. It’s actually because the Sun, Earth, and Moon align. It looks something like this:

So, the Moon is just in the Earth’s shadow, with some of the Sun’s light reaching it, which creates a reddish effect called an “umbra” (see the picture above). The reason this occurs every so often is because it’s never completely aligned. Shocked? Actually, the first known lunar eclipse was discovered 1137 BC. I don’t even KNOW how long it’s been since then, it’s just been quite a while!

A sight to see

THAT is the definition of “information overload”! Thing is…. there’s more than this article could ever produce. If you want to research more about any of my articles, knock yourself out. I hope you continue to read my articles, and feel free to share this link! 😀

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The Field Trip: A True Story

Guajiros

Yesterday, on March 7, 2025, I knew I had a dental appointment. I also knew that my mom had a surprise for me after the dental appointment. I was not expecting this “surprise” to have three parts. For the first part, we went to a new Cuban food truck called “Guajiros”. We got a Cuban sandwich, plantains, and a guava and cream cheese pastry. The Cuban was really good, with a lot of meat and cheese and pickles, it was awesome. The plantains were really good, and it tasted very authentic. The pastry did have a lot of bread, and I couldn’t taste the filling at first, but when I did, it was a match made in heaven. Overall, it was 5/5 and I would love to go there again.

Target

After we finished eating, my mom took me to Target. Now, I thought this was a little random, but I got some sour gummy worms and an energy drink. I had no clue why my mom would let me choose a candy bag and an energy drink ( I have enough energy WITHOUT the drink), and afterward, she said that we were going to see a movie. I was ecstatic when I heard this, and it was a movie I had been wanting to see for a while. Fortunately, it was not even a mile away. So I hurried to make sure I had everything and was ready, then I really wanted to run to the car, but I had bags in my hands, so I didn’t. But I was not ready for how that movie would inspire me.

rule breakers

Turns out, we were watching a new movie called “Rule Breakers”. From the ads to the trailer, I knew I wanted to watch it. The movie was a true story about a group of girls from Afghanistan who wanted to learn about computers and robots, but only men could. They decided that they were going to push their limits, and they succeeded. After the movie was over, all the gears in my head were turning. I was thinking “This is my way to being an astronaut, engineering is how I will get into space.” So I talked to my parents about it, and they said we would take it one step at a time, but they were going to try this out. Even though the gears are still turning in my head, and even though we haven’t got a chance to make progress, it’s only been a day.

all in all

Overall, this was the best field trip so far, and I am so glad I got spend time with my mom. I hope we can do this again, and feel free to share this link! I will be posting every Saturday at 1:30.


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Mondays: WHY?!

Why are Mondays so bad?

Who here hates Mondays? I do! For the kids out there, It’s because it’s the first day of prison – I mean school that week (you didn’t hear or see that…), and for adults, it’s another day with more infuriating coworkers. Overall, we just feel like it’s a bad day. But what if I told you that it didn’t have to be that way? What if I told you that you didn’t have to think of Mondays that way? You’d probably say, “You’re lying, aren’t you?” or, “Is this a joke?”, but it’s not. In my opinion, Mondays are just the day after Sunday, and the second day of the week. They might not be as bad as you think. Like frogs (look at my last post about frogs).

But how? And why?

Now, if you are intrigued, please keep reading. If not, please keep reading (same outcome). Therefore; how do we make Mondays better, and why should we? Well, we should try to make Mondays better because if Sundays are the start of the week, we should carry that joy all throughout the week and restart that joy on Sundays. In short, if you are happy on Sunday, you should be happy on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The only question is, “How?” In that case, there’s a few ways we can do this. If you would like to make notes, you can make a checklist for each week. You can do a happiness checklist. If you don’t, you can just realize your emotions and make sure they’re in check. In other words, if you feel yourself getting angry, think of the reason why, and try to turn that emotion against itself.

Conclusion

So, what have we learned in this article that we control whether or not we are happy, and some ways to help control those emotions. I hope you enjoyed this blog ( and maybe learned a little, too), and feel free to share this website and/or this article!😄