The whole purpose of Independence Day is to celebrate that long, long ago we decided that being Brits wasn’t our thing any more.
Whether I agree with that decision or not is mostly irrelevant since we can’t change it now - but the point is that the country said, “to heck with rules and regulations made [...]
Posts under ‘Holidays’
Memories of Memorial Day
Memorial Day (an encore presentation)
For me, Memorial Day is the ultimate in life celebrations. I can picture it now. What it might look like, who might attend, what I would be wearing, how fabulous my hair would look, people being overheard saying “Love your hair, hope you win!”.
For me, it’s never too soon to [...]
The True Meaning of Easter
By popular demand, I present my Easter celebratory monologue.
In the spirit of multiculturalism and diversity that has spread through our wonderful country like wildfire recently, I have chosen to dedicate this special blog to the Christian holiday, Easter*.
What is Easter? Where did it come from? Is it a religious holiday or a celebration of [...]
Shamrocks and Hawaiian Shirts
I was so tempted to wear orange today just to spite one of my coworkers who threatened me with violent and pervasive pinching if I did not wear green.
But then I woke up this morning and there was the green shirt mocking me from the closet - the one that I had set out last [...]
