Category Archives: Holidays

Desserts for the 2025 Thanksgiving holiday!

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Stella

I have always believed that Thanksgiving dessert is pie, including pumpkin, but it doesn’t have to be. My daughter and grandson (the culinary school student) bake pies for dinner at my house, but sometimes I make something too. When my … Continue reading →

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Planning for Thanksgiving 2025

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Stella

Two weeks away! I’m including links to various methods for handling your turkey. I pick and choose parts of each for mine. I received my “humanely raised” turkey yesterday from Butcher Box. This is the description: Turkeys are raised in … Continue reading →

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Honoring our Veterans

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Stella

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “the Great War.” … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Columbus!

Posted on October 12, 2025 by Stella

Christopher Columbus, the most famous explorer in history, was once a celebrated hero. Now, many consider him a villain, a despoiler of paradise. So which version of Columbus is true? Michael Knowles tells the true story of Columbus, in five … Continue reading →

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Constitution Day!

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Stella

Constitution Day is observed in the United States on September 17, 2025, commemorating the signing of the U.S. Constitution by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787. “We the People of the United States, in Order … Continue reading →

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Labor Day Music

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Stella

To honor all of those who work hard every day, and for those who did so for many years and are honorably retired! There are many great songs celebrating workers – the good bits and the bad bits. What’s your … Continue reading →

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Labor Day

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Stella

Longer quote: [Labor Day is] a peculiarly American holiday. It is a most characteristic representation of our ideals. . . . To my mind America has but one main problem, the character of the men and women it shall produce. … Continue reading →

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It’s Bastille Day …

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Stella

The French used to be a lot more militant than they are now. I learned the words of the first verse in my high school french class, and remember most of it. The translation follows.

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July 4, 1976

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Stella

Do you remember the bicentennial? This video is of the Boston Pops’ celebration on July 4, 1976 (Arthur Fiedler conducting). I used to watch this every year, and will again tonight. I love the singing by the audience of the … Continue reading →

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LIVE: President Trump’s America250 Kick-Off Rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Stella
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