Holidays

Memorial Day

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There is a wonderful book called Emily of Deep Valley, by Maud Hart Lovelace. It begins close to Memorial Day, which at the time was called Decoration Day. I wish we’d go back to calling it Decoration Day, actually. I think it would help remind us how and why the day was set aside. Read […]

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Happy Independence Day

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You might be asking, “Why did Cari put a picture of a dining room on her blog on Independence Day?” Because Ronald Reagan once said , “All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” I’m sure it started that way for our forefathers.  I’m sure that as they were spooning turtle soup into […]

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Happy New Year!!!!

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Wow!  I just realized that I’ve had this blog for five years! Back to the point – Happy New Year!  I so appreciate all of you who read my blog regularly.  I hope for a wonderful 2012 for you, and yours.  The Irish said it best (the Irish are really good at summing up sentiment, […]

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Relaxing on the Fourth of July

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I love Independence Day.  I like that it’s a catch-as-catch-can sort of day.  We have no set plans at our house.  We usually bar-be-cue.  We usually huddle inside and try to calm our dog while all around us fireworks explode nearby.  But if we suddenly made friends with people who had a boat and they […]

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