aah… April 1st! Spring has sprung, the air is fresh… and tricksters come out to celebrate the day. As a kid I looked forward to April Fool’s Day, planning jokes and other mischief. But now I wonder why we have a day dedicated to celebrating Fools. After all, people of this persuasion are pretty plentiful, […]
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Native American Horses I know people who love it but have never watched even one episode of the series ‘Yellowstone.’ So when I came across a recent article on the web I was curious. It talked about an episode where a horse is buried alongside a person ‘in accordance with Indigenous tradition.’ When I was
What is Christmas to You? Christmas nears, and for some Christmas Time conjures visions of Sugar-Plums or…but wait, what IS a Sugar Plum? I’d always pictured Sugar Plums as cute little girls in pastel color tutus dancing to the Nutcracker Suite. But no – SpecialityProduce.com says the Sugar plum is large oblong-shaped, purplish-blue skinned fruit with a
The Holidays officially start – Thanksgiving! The American Thanksgiving Day is commonly thought to originate in 1621 when the Plymouth colonists celebrated the harvest – a matter of life or starvation – with a feast, thankful that they had survived. Pretty heavy stuff back then. These days how ow many of us are truly thankful? We
To ALL Who Served Photo credit: Kimerlee Curyl Photography Today we celebrate Veterans Day Created on June 1, 1954 to honor former military members and thank them for their service, but did you know (according to a 2019 poll *) 49% of veterans actually don’t like to be thanked, feeling uneasy with the expression “Thank