Posts Categorized: Holidays
Happy July! For those of us living in the U.S.A., we’re gearing up to celebrate Independence Day. As our thoughts turn to fireworks, barbecues, and sharing time with family, I’d like to take a moment to recall the turning point that led us here. The Declaration of Independence A quick 1776 timeline: June…
Father’s Day is almost upon us, but it doesn’t get the level of attention on the fuss-o-meter as Mother’s Day. The florists and chocolatiers are quiet during this time, as are the pole-dancing studios, the boudoir photographers, and the air duct cleaners (Amazon had some funky Mother’s Day ideas for me this year). What to get the man…
Happy Friday! With Memorial Day upon us and the sort-of-official start to the summer season, I’m re-posting my recipe for dipped strawberries. Around here, strawberries are ripe for the picking…right now! This is an easy, quick way to dress up your strawberries in summer style. Red,White and Blue Strawberries Ingredients: 2 lbs of strawberries, washed and…
Look what popped up in my inbox today: The last time I was dangling like that I was wearing plaid shorts and scuffed tennies, my hair in braided pigtails, looking for a lost tooth on the playground. I’m sure my toes weren’t pointed. They didn’t call me “klutzy Kathy” in school for nothing. So,…
The New Years’ holiday, with its duality of backwards-reflection and forwards-resolve, is a perfect symbol for what we historical fiction writers do all the time. We have one foot in the past and the other in the present. We research and write, look into the social customs and private lives of early era people, establish imaginary…
Merry Christmas season, everyone! Our holiday blog hop series is winding to a close, and I wanted to share one of my family’s favorite holiday dinners before we’re done: rib eye roast with currant gravy. It’s super-easy, and the house smells heavenly while it’s cooking. Holiday Rib-Eye Roast Ingredients For the roast: 4 lbs. well-trimmed…
Welcome to Flashback Friday! It seems fitting that, with just a few days to go before Christmas, we take a look at that classic editorial from a veteran newspaper journalist to a little 8-yr-old girl, Virginia O’Hanlon. Yes, I’m talking about the unsigned editorial: “Is there a Santa Claus?” published in The New York Sun…
Welcome to Mystery Monday! As this is the last full week before Christmas, it seemed fitting to look at the holiday’s ultimate man of mystery, Santa Claus. On Friday, we’ll look at a more historical aspect of Santa. (Both are reposts, as I rush around with errands, like most folks do this time of…
