by Tricia | Aug 30, 2021 | Faith Forum, Happy Holidays, Seasonal Thoughts
What’s your favorite season? Whatever it is, there’s a song or two or ten about it. Billie Holiday famously celebrated “April in Paris” and Nat King Cole extolled the virtues of “Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer” while winter...
by Tricia | Dec 31, 2020 | Seasonal Thoughts
Short and sweet, sent with love, a brief New Year’s Eve message to you all: stay vigilant, stay safe, stay sane. Look for the joy in each new day. Here’s lookin’ at you, kid. (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) God bless, and see you next year.
by Tricia | Mar 16, 2020 | Faith Forum, Life in General, Seasonal Thoughts
Dia Dhuit (Hello!) As St. Paddy’s Day is tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to share some Irish phrases. For the more adventurous among you, pop them into a translation app that offers pronunciation and have fun (and Go N-Eiri An T-Adh Leat — Good Luck!)....
by Tricia | Sep 8, 2019 | Seasonal Thoughts
“October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.”– Mark Twain As I write this, it’s a lazy, late summer,...
by Tricia | Dec 23, 2013 | Seasonal Thoughts, The Writing Life
Change(s) first: Early in the new year my blog posts will appear on my new WordPress website, and this site will no longer be active. There’ll be a final post here indicating when that happens. The address for the website will remain the same,...
by Tricia | Nov 28, 2013 | Family Matters, Seasonal Thoughts
When my first daughter was a baby and I couldn’t get her to sleep, I would put her in her infant seat and go for a drive. It didn’t take long, just a few minutes, really, and she was snoozing. I think this practice is frowned upon these days, but it worked...
