by billyzh | Mar 6, 2013 | History, Holidays, Spirituality
I love flowers. I love to see them on the roadside. I love when they pop up in my yard. I love receiving them! Nothing makes me smile like an assortment of fresh flowers on a table in my home. And they’re beginning to pop up all around town. Spring is here!...
by billyzh | Feb 22, 2013 | History, Holidays, Uncategorized
I’m pretty fortunate. I will admit. My boyfriend decided shortly after we began dating, that I deserved my own holiday. Now, in all honesty, what gal doesn’t wan to hear that? I can say he has now kept the tradition and I do thoroughly enjoy it. But my...
by billyzh | Feb 20, 2013 | History, Holidays, Spirituality
Ok. We’re a week into it. How ya’ doin’? But first… Last Wednesday I was sitting in Starbucks with my CPA chatting away. Suddenly around the corner came a gal with a huge black mark on her head. I literally took two double takes…I am...
by billyzh | Feb 18, 2013 | Entertaining, History, Holidays, Spirituality
Have you noticed all of the fast-food FISH commercials and specials lately? They started this past week… It reminded me of an article in TIME magazine I came across and never forgot. Apparently, the Filet-o-Fish sandwich from McDonald’s was a result of a...
by billyzh | Feb 11, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Pancake Day. King Cake. Thoughts about what you’ll give up for Lent… If any of these are on your mind, it’s probably because they’re all going down this week! For those of you wondering what this blog post has to do with anything, these traditions/holidays have...
by billyzh | Feb 2, 2013 | History, Holidays
How Ground Hog Day managed to find its way to “holiday” status is a mystery to most Americans. My family tree has some Pennsylvania Dutch in it, so, you can imagine my interest when I learned that Ground Hog Day is a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) custom dating back to...
