Category: Holiday
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Valentine Pandas
Giant pandas Bao Li [BOW-lee] and Qing Bao [ching-BOW] are at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC. They made their public debut on January 24, 2025, after a nineteen-hour flight to the United States from China in October of 2024. Admission to the Smithsonian National Zoo is free, but entry passes are required. It… Read more
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Cashews
The holidays bring plenty of food to our house. We seem to buy too much to feed guests and must eat leftovers for a week. Gifts from friends include candies, fruitcake, and nuts. We do our best to eat most of it before the new year so we can begin our resolution to lose weight… Read more
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After Thanksgiving
It’s the week after Thanksgiving, and everyone is still talking about the grand feast they devoured, their family gathering, and traveling to and from their holiday destination. It was different at our house. Walter and I had no company this year, no gathering to go to, and less than a grand feast for the big… Read more
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Veteran’s Day
My dad served in the Army during World War II. He rarely talked about that life event, but when he did, his face showed the pain of war. If I remember correctly, he worked in the military offices in the Philippines and fortunately did not see combat. Nevertheless, my mom said he came home a… Read more
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Boo!
Happy Halloween to everyone! Time for costumes, ghosts, black cats, and witches riding their brooms across the yellow moon. When I was a kid growing up in Wisconsin, I had to bundle up to go trick-or-treating on bone-chilling Halloween nights. My mom made my costume extra-large so I could wear a winter coat underneath my… Read more