Category Archives: Holidays

Memorial Day – Remembering Those Who Gave All

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Stella

Memorial Day originated as Decoration Day after the Civil War, established as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers and flags.

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Mother’s Day Meme

Posted on May 11, 2025 by Stella

A friend once told me that she knew her marriage was over when her husband gave her a vacuum cleaner for her birthday.

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted on May 11, 2025 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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VE Day: Celebrations across London for 80 year anniversary

Posted on May 8, 2025 by Stella

Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a celebration like this one every year? The Brits really know how to put on a show.

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History of May Day – pagan Spring rituals and Communist Workers Unite!

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Stella

May 1 is a very popular day! When I hear the words “May Day”, I think of May poles, flowers and little girls in white dresses with crowns of flowers on their heads. Someone else I know says it reminds … Continue reading →

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WATCH LIVE: Trump, first lady host White House Easter Egg Roll

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Stella
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Easter Recipe Post

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Stella

Okay, all of you readers with “stellar” talents, now is the time to share your favorite recipes – especially those you would make for Easter celebrations, but any others that you would like to share. So, whether or not you … Continue reading →

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Pot of gold . . .

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Stella
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!

Posted on March 17, 2025 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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Happy Pi Day!

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Stella

Reference.com The history of pi dates back to the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians. Babylonians estimated pi as 3.125, and the Egyptians approximated pi to be 3.1605. However, it was the Greek mathematician Archimedes that calculated pi to be between 223/71 … Continue reading →

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