Max Anderson

Birth Order and Reading Performance

Did you know that of the first twenty-three astronauts in space, twenty-one of them are firstborns? The other two grew up as the only child in their families. Did you know that many of the entrepreneurs in business were the middle child? Are you aware that a majority of our comedians are the youngest of the siblings in their families? These traits relate to birth order, or the position of children in a family. Some studies indicate that birth order is the most significant factor that influences personality.

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K.D. McCrite

Biscuits

If you grew up in the country, like I did, and if you had a country-food-cooking mom like mine, you ate a lot of biscuits. Maybe you still do. Lucky you! My mom made biscuits from scratch, with sausage gravy, bacon or sausage, and eggs, every Saturday morning and sometimes on Sunday mornings, too. Her biscuits rose high as they baked, brown and crusty on the outside, soft as down on the inside. A pat of butter melted into the flakiness, then adding some blackberry jelly, strawberry jam, molasses, or honey, and . . . well, I must stop. I’m making myself hungry.

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