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I realized a few years back that I didn’t care to celebrate the fourth of July as I had when I was younger. I used to love the fireworks and getting together with friends and family, and I still love … Continue reading
Category Archives: Holidays/Holy Days
It’s the Fourth of July. Independence Day here in the United States, except that, at least where I’m from, we never say Independence Day. It’s always just the Fourth of July. I’m not feeling particularly patriotic. Truth be told, I … Continue reading
Passover is my very favorite holiday, Jewish or secular. I love the warmth, the connection with tribal history, and so many of the phrases that remind me everyone is welcome at this table, and that until all of us are … Continue reading
I’m not big on resolutions, New Year’s or otherwise. More often than not, all they do is set me up to fail or put me in competition with others, and who needs that? However, I do see a great deal … Continue reading
So many people joke that in Australia everything’s different. Compared with the US and the UK, Christmas is also different. For me, anyhow. Australia is one of the most secular countries on Earth. This has led to Australians claiming certain … Continue reading
[This post is a bit late, but I can blame the Book View Cafe blog site being down…] For the past decade or so, whether Chanukah falls in early December or overlaps Christmas, I have wrestled with the meaning of … Continue reading
It’s the time of the year when my thoughts turn to cooking and baking, stocking the freezer, and trying new recipes. For the last couple of years, I’ve made a new-to-me dessert for a friend’s Thanksgiving gathering. Last year, I … Continue reading
I’m not sure about how I feel about the holidays this year. Thanksgiving has never been that big for me, but it is a lovely time to spend with family and have dysfunctional moments with my teenagers. And I’ll have … Continue reading
Fifty years ago on this date, I woke to the news that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been murdered. The killing happened the evening before, but I hadn’t heard about it until my roommate’s clock radio came on at … Continue reading
by Brenda W. Clough For the historical fictioneer there are two ways to research. One is of course through books. Paging through dusty tomes, plowing through period letters, digging up the original documents, oh yes. You can grow old this … Continue reading