Dec 06 2021
The beloved television special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” first aired on this day, December 6, 1964, on NBC. Now a classic, this stop-motion animation was produced by the iconic Rankin & Bass team and narrated by Burl Ives. The show was based on the Johnny Marks song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” which has lyrics from …
Dec 03 2021
Christmas cards are the perfect way to touch the hearts of all those special people on your Christmas card list. The perfect combination Christmas gift and card! Linda 💚 Supplies Yarn- Green #3 lightweight yarn Size E crochet hook Thin Twine Christmas scrapbook paper Card and Envelope Double-sided sticky tabs Piece of Birch Tree Bark …
Dec 01 2021
Candles and religion have gone hand in hand for centuries. Even after the invention of light bulb, churches around the world still light candles for the services. Candles have for centuries been used to mark special occasions and Advent is no different. In fact, Advent is so connected with candles that the Advent wreath has …
Nov 25 2021
Thanksgiving has been a holiday that we have celebrated for centuries but do any of us really know what Thanksgiving is all about or where it started? Many of us are aware that the first Thanksgiving was considered to be held between the pilgrims and the Native Americans many centuries ago but that is about …
Nov 25 2021
Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. -Mark Twain Find the good and praise it. -Alex Haley If the only prayer you say in your life is thank you, that would suffice. -Meister Eckhart Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. -The Hausa of …
Nov 23 2021
Mmm, Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone loves Thanksgiving dinner and no matter what you are serving there is just something about the day that makes it so much better than other meals. I love to cook on Thanksgiving Day. It is actually the only holiday of the year that I do. Sure I will cook for Christmas …
Nov 18 2021
The holidays are approaching and before you know it, you’ll be thinking about that daunting task of cooking a turkey. This holiday season, make sure your bird impresses all the guests and relatives by conducting a dress rehearsal for your turkey. More than 88 percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving, according to a National …
Nov 08 2021
Did you know honey bees are responsible for over 35% of the foods you eat, as well as the honey you enjoy? Honey bees are vital to the health of the planet and to the food chain, as they are necessary for pollinating more than 90 food crops including fruits, vegetables and nuts — plus …
Nov 05 2021
I am ghostwriting a few chapters on child development right now and found that I needed to fact check a few of the points that I was writing this weekend. I have boxes upon boxes of reference materials as well as all my notebooks and textbooks from when I was in college. I was extremely …
Nov 01 2021
Shinto When sorrow lays us lowfor a second we are savedby humble windfallsof the mindfulness or memory:the taste of a fruit, the taste of water,that face given back to us by a dream,the first jasmine of November,the endless yearning of the compass,a book we thought was lost,the throb of a hexameter,the slight key that opens …
