by billyzh | Feb 18, 2010 | Career/Job, Dating, Death/Mourning, Divorced, History
The Olympic flame hadn’t even been lit. As the news poured across the wires, the world sat stunned. A 19-year old athlete, whose father had been a medal-winning olympian for the old Soviet Union, was gone. A horrible crash during a practice run on the Luge track...
by billyzh | Feb 17, 2010 | Death/Mourning, History, Holidays, Politics, Spirituality
I will never forget one particular day while routinely tuning in to catch the evening news, I caught a glimpse of a U.S. Senator who was being interviewed. What wasn’t routine was the black smudge on his forehead that I kept inadvertently trying to wipe off the...
by billyzh | Feb 16, 2010 | History, Holidays, Spirituality, Travel
Well, today is Mardi Gras. French for “Fat Tuesday”. This day, before Ash Wednesday, is known for the huge celebration that occurs before the 40-day period known to many faithful followers of the church as LENT. If you aren’t familiar with Lent, it is the period...
by billyzh | Feb 15, 2010 | History, Holidays, Politics
As the brand new Congress (originally meeting in the city of New York) argued vehemently over what exactly to call their nation’s new leader, tempers flared. Having just suffered to a great extent, life and limb, for freedom from Imperial government, the thought...
by billyzh | Feb 11, 2010 | Career/Job, History, Politics
Ok. So, word is now out. I am a huge Olympics fan. And it started early. I remember sitting glued to the television as a young girl mesmerized by those Eastern European gymnasts who wowed the crowd with their every move – and win! But I will never forget...
by billyzh | Feb 2, 2010 | History, Holidays, Pets
I remember one of the first first times I saw mustard and pickle relish in my potato salad. “Certainly,” I thought, “someone got this wrong”. In our family, the recipe that’s been handed down from my Pennsylvania Dutch Great-Grandmother,...
