Holiday Greetings
Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig!
Saturday, March 17th, 2007That’s the Gaelic for “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” for non-speakers. Despite the fact that I’m probably 3/4 Irish (my mother was born and raised in Dublin and I’ve heard that I may also have Irish on my father’s side of the family), I know very little Gaelic and I probably couldn’t correctly pronounce the words […]
Dia de la Bandera
Saturday, February 24th, 2007Green is for hope and victory.
White is for the purity of our ideals.
Red is for the blood our national heroes shed.
In addition to the bands of color, our flag also has an emblem. The […]
Mardi Gras
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007Happy Fat Tuesday! Today is the end of Carnival and the final celebration before the season of Lent in the Christian tradition; which makes tomorrow Ash Wednesday. For those of us who don’t follow strict religious guidelines…Mardi Gras equals a huge party. Some of the best places to find a good party are New Orleans, […]
President’s Day
Monday, February 19th, 2007While I know many people don’t have today off, including one of my daughters, government employees in our state join the ranks of the federal workers in celebrating the day. Most, if not all, school districts seem to have the day off as well.
How did the President’s Day holiday come about? I found a history […]
Year of the Boar (Pig)
Saturday, February 17th, 2007Happy Chinese New Year (Gung Hei Faat Choy in Cantonese: or congratulations and be prosperous). Wikipedia has a very interesting entry about the celebration of the Chinese New Year that includes a table on the Chinese astrology associated with various years. I was born in the Year of the Rabbit so my next “year” won’t […]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Thursday, February 15th, 2007Or I should say Happy Day After Valentine’s…
Yesterday passed in quite a blur because I hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before. The day wasn’t too bad in general, as days go. Work went quickly because I was contacted by several patrons and managed to do a variety of tasks: a small amount of research, […]
Happy Holidays!
Sunday, December 24th, 2006Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Kwanzaa, etc.
Whichever holiday you may choose to celebrate at this time of year, or even if you celebrate nothing right now, I wish you all peace, happiness, good health, and good will.
A Very Merry Unbirthday
Sunday, December 24th, 2006Tuesday the 26th is the half-way point of my year, age-wise. I’ll be 44 in June of 2007 and have six years to go before I hit that half century point. That’s still quite a bit of time before I reach my “deadline” of being a healthier and more athletic person who will […]
What I’m Thankful For
Friday, November 24th, 2006Yesterday I mentioned that I came up with the best reason to be thankful. At dinner, my family traditionally gives thanks for something before we break into the meal, and I normally have quite a difficult time coming up with something. This year I was inspired and came up with a really good […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 23rd, 2006While I realize that there are probably quite a few people around the world who don’t celebrate Thanksgiving today, I want to wish everyone a good day. I hope that you are all able to spend at least some part of today with someone special to you.
My family, like many others, has the tradition of […]
