Archives in Category: Special Events

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TV Options

Posted on April 5, 2016

Tonight begins the three-night farewell to “American Idol,” the program that launched Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood to superstardom and another dozen winners to modest fame. The fifteenth and final Idol will be crowned Thursday, but not before we are

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Forever Books

Posted on April 3, 2016

My local independent bookstore, Forever Books, turned seventeen this past week. While seventeen isn’t a milestone most people think about, in the indie bookstore community it’s a lifetime. I think Amazon has had a lot to do with this.

Robin

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Easter

Posted on March 27, 2016

Today is Easter, the most significant event for Christians in their entire liturgy; because it is the basis on which their religion is built. No Resurrection, no true religion. This was the minister’s over-riding message at the church Earl attends

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St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17, 2016

If I weren’t going to a St. Patrick’s Day party this evening, I might have forgotten the day completely.

My mother, one hundred percent Irish, would never have approved. Her favorite color was green, and St. Patrick’s Day was up

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Leap Year

Posted on February 29, 2016

Today is the twenty-ninth of February, that elusive day that comes around every four years.  It just so happens to always coincide with the years of our presidential elections, which means one more day of campaigning, one more day of

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Where is L?

Posted on January 29, 2016

I thought I was the only one who wondered why the NFL isn’t using Roman numerals for this year’s Super Bowl extravaganza.  I mean it’s been a tradition since Super Bowl V.

I have a theory.  Last year’s event was

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Reviewing Christmas

Posted on December 30, 2015

I had great intentions about writing during the Christmas holiday, but it got away from me what with cooking and baking and wrapping. Entertaining too. Perhaps you felt the same way.

Soon it will be New Year’s Eve, and Christmas

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The Concert in Grant Park

Posted on December 21, 2015

Recently I caught a rerun on PBS of Simon and Garfunkle’s Concert in Central Park, which was originally performed in September, 1981.  It was a free concert that the folk duo gave before five hundred thousand people to help raise

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Ready Already

Posted on December 12, 2015

Christmas Day is thirteen days away, and I’m ready already.  I can’t remember the last time I had packages mailed, the tree trimmed, and the holiday menu planned in such record time.

At first I wondered what was wrong.  Then

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Board Meeting

Posted on December 11, 2015

We live in a condominium, which means we also belong to a homeowners’ association (HOA). Which means there is an annual meeting where the HOA reports on what it’s done the past twelve months.

As a rule, these meetings are

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