Post Views: 3,182 Regular readers of my blog will know that I love the Halloween season. I also love bonfires. I always strive to find some odd fact every year […]
Post Views: 4,758 Traditional Christmas characters here in the United States are typically friendly. Think of the many incarnations of St. Nicholas. Iceland on the other hand is home to […]
Post Views: 5,329 Yule is the original Norse-Germanic Pagan festival that marks todays Winter Solstice before it was replaced by the christian version of ‘christmas”. The lyric from “Deck the […]
Post Views: 3,904 The south, where I live,is certainly not without its eccentricities. Today I would like to share one with you that is to some degree funny and yet […]
Post Views: 4,903 I was talking with a friend at lunch today. We were discussing the various marketing strategies employed by restaurants to attract their assumed target customers. The topic […]
Post Views: 3,745 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 […]
Post Views: 3,342 Have you ever stopped to think about the worlds most populous bird? Gallus Gallus Domesticus is the common chicken. We all love the bird. I like it […]
Post Views: 3,290 I don’t know about you, but at my house, I can almost NEVER resist the sad eyes and begging demeanor of my doggie when its turkey time. […]
Post Views: 3,586 Ah its pumpkin pie time again! I love all pie but the pumpkin pie truley is the epitome of a delightful Thanksgiving meal in my opinion. How […]
Post Views: 3,794 Horn basket is the description you are most likely to associate with the humble cornucopia. Ever wonder what that weird woven basket thing in the shape of […]