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Valentine’s Day: From Ancient Rome to Modern Love
There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.~ George Sand Valentines Day — I have mixed feelings about this one. It’s a basically a “Hallmark Holiday”, full of strategic marketing ploys designed to pressure people… Continue reading
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February Musings…
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.~ Anne Bradstreet February—the bridge between winter and spring. I always welcome February because its… Continue reading
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January Musings…
In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak mid-winter, long ago.~ Christina Rossetti, 1872 January. Is it still January?… Continue reading
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Block Island: History, Nature, and Beauty
Circled by waters that never freeze, beaten by billow and swept by breeze, lieth the island of Manisees….~ John Greenleaf Whittier, from his poem Palatine. January has got to be the longest and dullest month to trudge through. The glitter… Continue reading
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Christmas Traditions, History & Fun Facts
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.~ Washington Irving Christmas BellsI heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play,And wild and sweetThe words repeatOf… Continue reading
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December Musings…
December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.~Fennel Hudson There’s so much seasonal change at the end of the year. From September to December we move from the last… Continue reading
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Halloween…
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and has very interesting origins. What we call Halloween was originally a Celtic festival called Samhain (pronounced sow-in). Samhain was a festival marking the end of the summer and harvest season and the… Continue reading
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October – A Time for Ghost Stories…
October – a month where the air turns colder, the light more golden, the trees glowing and fiery- spooky season begins, and the veil between this world and the next seems just a bit thinner. My thoughts turn to ghost… Continue reading
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