In Flanders Field In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lie,In Flanders fields. Take up…
Tag: holiday
Happy Christmas!
May your day be as bright as the cat’s nose.
POD – Pizza Hearts
Valentine’s Day growing up meant one thing – my mom making my dad a heart cake – made out of yellow cake and covered in frosting – some years chocolate, other years pink. She didn’t have a heart shaped cake pan – she built the heart out of a square pan and a cake…
Valentine’s Day
Oh, I had aspirations for writing some sappy Valentine’s day post to my husband. But, it kinda fell flat. Not because I don’t love him – but that’s really between the two of us. Plus, a public display is not needed. I could have gone the other route – the route where I go…
Random Acts of Coffee
“How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” ~Shakespeare For many, the latter part of that quotation is actually from the end of the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory after Charlie gave back the everlasting gobstopper. (Or maybe it is just me…
Family and the Holidays:The Rant
So apparently, I found out last night, the family Christmas plans do not include me or my family. My brother called me last night while I was sitting in a bar waiting for a friend to arrive and told me this tidbit. “Don’t take it personally”, he said as I tried to get him to…
Be Mine?
Valentine’s Day in our house is….well….I’m not sure. We celebrate with small gifts. I got my husband this key ring last year because I found it humorous plus only he and i know what it means. It is probably the one thing that he loved more than anything I had bought him in a while:The…