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Category Archives: Holidays
November 11, 2014
Today is Veterans Day, the day when cemeteries all across America echo with brass bands, 21 gun salutes and the voices of politicians who dust off their finest patriotic rhetoric in praise of those who have died for our country. It … Continue reading
Shelter Island
Carolyn has family who live on Long Island and we like to get over that way once a year if we can. The eastern end of Long Island is divided into two forks that look sort of like a swallow’s … Continue reading
Block Island Redux
I love summer! Last week, we had a stretch of beautiful weather and my wife said “Hey, let’s go to Block Island overnight.” What a great idea! We got a last minute room at our favorite hotel, the 1661 House, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Holidays
Tagged 1661 House, biking, Block Island, Fred Benson Beach
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A Christmas Carol
Every year, Trinity Theater in Providence stages a production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. It has become such a Rhode Island tradition over the past 30 years that it plays to packed houses twice a day from Thanksgiving to … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Holidays, Personal
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Trinity Theater
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The Darkest Evening Of The Year
One of my favorite poems is Robert Frost’s “Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening”. In it, Frost makes reference to the Winter Solstice, the day in the northern hemisphere with the least amount of daylight. Whose woods these are … Continue reading
The Wishbone Connection
2500 years ago, the Etruscans, who lived in what is now Italy, believed the breastbone of a chicken, called the furcula or “little fork”, had magic predictive powers. They transferred that belief to the Romans, who carried it with them … Continue reading
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Tagged Thanksgiving, wishbone
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Thanksgiving Thoughts
By the Fall of 1621, the Pilgrims at Plimouth, Massachusetts were on the brink of starvation and ravaged by illness. Had it not been for Massasoit, who brought a bounty of fresh killed deer, turkeys and other food staples to … Continue reading
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