Morus, a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of 19 species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions.  Generally, the genus has 64 subordinate taxa, though the three most common are referred to as white, red, and black, originating from the color of their dormant buds and not necessarily the fruit color (Morus alba, M. rubra, and M. nigra, respectively), with numerous cultivars and some taxa currently unchecked and awaiting taxonomic scrutiny.  M. alba is native to South Asia, but is widely distributed across Europe, Southern Africa, South America, and North America.  M. alba is also the species most preferred by the silkworm.  It is regarded as an invasive species in Brazil, the United States, and some states of Australia.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_(plant)   

The word quire is utilized to describe a specific quantity of paper.  Often found in the context of printing, publishing, or stationery, it is used when referring to the number of sheets bound together or as part of packaging.  Not commonly used in everyday language, it is more prevalent in industries dealing with paper goods.  A quire is a quantity of sheet paper, typically 24 or 25 sheets, which constitutes one twentieth of a standard ream of paper.  A quire is a quantity of sheet paper, typically 24 or 25 sheets, which constitutes one twentieth of a standard ream of paper.  https://www.grammarly.com/commonly-confused-words/quire-vs-choir   

QUIRE verb (quired, quiring, quires) is a playable word in Scrabble.  In bookbinding, a section, gathering, or signature is a group of sheets folded in half, to be worked into the binding as a unit.  A section, gathering, or signature is a group of sheets folded in half, to be worked into a binding as a unit.  The section is the basic building block of codex bindings.  In Western bookbinding, sections are sewn through their folds, with the sewing thread securing each section to the one bound before it.  The gatherings can be seen by looking at the top or bottom sides of the book, though some cheaper modern books are perfect bound with no gatherings, each sheet glued directly to the binding.  The gatherings are sewn together at the spine, done in such a way that two or more stretches of thread are visible along each gathering's innermost fold.  In medieval manuscripts, a gathering, or quire, was most often formed of four folded sheets of vellum or parchment, i.e. 8 leaves, 16 sides.  The term quaternion (or sometimes quaternum) designates such a unit.  A gathering made of a single folded sheet (i.e. two leaves, four sides) is a bifolium (plural bifolia); a gathering of two sheets (i.e. four leaves, eight sides) is a binion; and one of five sheets (10 leaves, 20 sides) is a quinion.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_(bookbinding)    

New York State is America’s top apple grower, after the State of Washington, but New York City’s nickname has nothing to do with fruit production.  In fact, the Big Apple moniker first gained popularity in connection with horseracing.  Around 1920, New York City newspaper reporter John Fitz Gerald, whose beat was the track, heard African American stable hands in New Orleans say they were going to “the big apple,” a reference to New York City, whose race tracks were considered big-time venues.  Fitz Gerald soon began making mention of the Big Apple in his newspaper columns.  In the 1930s, jazz musicians adopted the term to indicate New York City was home to big-league music clubs.  The nickname later faded from use and wasn’t revived until the early 1970s, as part of a tourism campaign to spiff up New York’s image.  The man credited with creating the ad campaign, Charles Gillett, president of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, was a jazz enthusiast who knew that the Big Apple had once been a sobriquet bestowing respect on the city.  https://www.history.com/articles/why-is-new-york-city-nicknamed-the-big-apple     

The Full Worm Moon reaches its peak on the morning of Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 6:38 A.M. ET.  This year’s March Moon is especially notable because it coincides with a total lunar eclipse.  The eclipse reaches its greatest point at 6:33 A.M. ET—just minutes earlier—and during totality, the Moon can take on a coppery red or orange glow.  https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-march   

March 2, 2026