Category Archives: Holidays

Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Stella

To all our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers too – I hope you have a happy and relaxing day! A recycled post – I hope you don’t mind. King James Version (KJV) Ps-16-6 The lines are fallen unto me in … Continue reading →

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Easter Sunday dinner

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Stella

When I was a kid, the traditional dinner was baked ham with scalloped potatoes, and a green vegetable; let’s not forget the deviled eggs! Mom would probably bake a cake, even though we had lots of candy to eat. Things … Continue reading →

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Making hard-cooked eggs

Posted on April 16, 2022 by Stella

What is the best method? What delivers a delicious well-cooked egg that is easy to peel? Here is an article in which the author discusses seven methods she tried and which one worked the best, as well as a couple … Continue reading →

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Stella

For all of my Irish, part Irish, wish-you-were Irish, and temporarily Irish friends, I lift a glass to your health and happiness! An old Irish/Celtic folk song Of all the money, e’er I had, I spent it in good company, … Continue reading →

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Cooking prep for St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 14, 2022 by Stella

I wasn’t going to make corned beef and cabbage this year, mainly because meat is getting so darned expensive! Then the store put the corned beef on sale, so I thought I might try this recipe: Corned Beef and Cabbage … Continue reading →

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Pączki Day (Detroit Style) aka Fat Tuesday

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Stella

This is my usual Fat Tuesday post with a few updates; I won’t be eating these today, but remember them fondly. It’s Pączki Day, and in Detroit that means you should be sure to wear your stretchy pants or, as … Continue reading →

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Romance – Poems and Songs for Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Stella

Dedicated to lovers! Regardless of the disclaimers, love is one of the best things about being alive, and a big part of life’s memories.

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Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Stella

Six more weeks of winter. Are you surprised? It is snowing like the dickens here and really wet and crappy, and will continue the same for at least another 24 hours. I am not surprised, that’s for sure.

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Music of the day – O Tannenbaum

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Stella

Believe it or not, I learned one verse of this carol in German (the second one he sings here) when I was in about 2nd grade! The church we attended was founded in a German community, and many of the … Continue reading →

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Music of the day – Auld Lang Syne

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Stella
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