Post Views: 633 Tis the season to be Jolly..you know the drill. The white Christmas is arguably one of the more ieadlized aspects of the holiday season. I know I […]
England
Post Views: 638 Jingle, jingle. This topic has been blogged to death, however, it’s new to me. If you have been a reader of my blog for a while you […]
Jingle Bells with Turkey
Post Views: 705 Do you hear the winds howling? Is that a harvest blood moon rising in the dark night sky? That’s right friends it is THAT time […]
Stygian Strigiformes
Post Views: 565 Every year at this time I watch several versions of A Christmas Carol. It is my favorite movie during the holidays. The period in which the story […]
A Christmas Carol …about Hats
Post Views: 638 On all hallows eve the creatures of the night roam the earth in search of candy and fun. Little do they know that they are acting out […]
No It’s Not a Zombie
Post Views: 605 I have never liked my name Richard or dick for short. It’s always been a source of angst for me. My true first name is Richard which, […]
Richard, I am Truly a Dick
1 Post Views: 646 On December the 19th 1843 a novella written by Charles Dickens, arguably the most popular author of the Victorian era was published by Chapman & Hall. It […]
Dickens of a Holiday
Post Views: 602 Since it’s almost Thanksgiving, I thought I would do some research on the origins of some of my favorite holiday pie! What I found out is very […]
Holiday Pie, Me, Oh My
Post Views: 376 September, in Old England, was called Haervest-monath (Harvest Month). Michaelmas, on the 29th is an ancient Celtic “Quarter Day” which marked the end of the harvesting season and […]
September, Formerly the 7th Month in the Year
Post Views: 484 Virginians claim that they actually held the first Thanksgiving festivities a full two years before the pilgrims of Massachusetts. Captain John Woodlief led a little ship called the […]
a little ship called the Margaret
Post Views: 331 While October may be the favorite month of thousands of humans, who excitedly plan their costumes of spooks, vampires and monsters, in anticipation of Halloween, Cats, particularly […]
Look what the Cats dragged in..or rather has been drug ...
Post Views: 374 I ran into this very interesting witch fact detailing why they are usually described as having broomsticks and flying. It was something I didn’t know myself which is saying […]