Author Archives
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Once Banned in Boston: Mince No Pie in the Old Bay State
Cakes may rise and fall on matters as minor as baking powder but for some pies it is a matter of politics. Christmas Day is over but in earlier times, it was simply a highpoint of the long winter days… Read More ›
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John Eisenhower’s Death Makes Caroline Kennedy “Dean” of First Kids
Five days before Christmas Day, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, the second and only surviving son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower died at his Maryland home. He was ninety-one years old. John Eisenhower was… Read More ›
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Old Hollywood Movie Stars & their Holiday Greeting Cards
Romantic, ridiculous, egotistical, modest, perplexing, mundane, creative, funny. Like the Christmas cards once sent by Grandma and Grandpa, all those cousins, the neighbor and the business downtown, the Seasons Greetings, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year messages once… Read More ›
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American Hanukkah: How Pop Culture Created “Jewish Christmas”
This Holiday Season, many who celebrates Christmas might sense something is sorely missing. Hanukkah. In the store aisles, alongside the rock-and-roll animatronic Santa Claus shaking his belly and fake green wreathes with red glass ornaments, there are none of the… Read More ›
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Jackie Kennedy’s Last White House Days & What She Found in JFK’s Desk
Two weeks to the day that her husband was assassinated, presidential widow Jacqueline Kennedy moved out of the White House. It was December 6, 1963. This article has been converted into a pay-per-view ePublication, and is available here for reading and… Read More ›
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Willfully Exuberant Dog: Fostercare Weimaraner #5, Ceasar
We’d met twice before he became the next Weimaraner I would fostercare. In fact, he literally called me out, skillfully capturing my attention without resorting to the predictable old dog “bark.” Instead, the fellow known as Caesar emitted a steady… Read More ›
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Great Scots! Happy St. Andrew’s Day
It may be the fact that its so close to Thanksgiving which accounts for it not quite making it onto the national radar, but the last day of November is St. Andrew’s Day, the national day of Scotland when Americans… Read More ›
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Yes, There was Turkey at the First Thanksgiving
Fiddling is fine for that old standard Turkey in the Straw, but not for that standard old turkey on Thanksgiving. Maybe a need to grab attention is what drives the effort to say what’s always been fact is actually myth,… Read More ›
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Feast Beasts: Two Pilgrim Dogs At the First Thanksgiving
We know their breed, but not their names. We know they sailed over on the Mayflower and were part of the first settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Plantation in December of 1620, but we don’t know if they were… Read More ›
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Sooner Pecan Pie of Oklahoma! It’s Official
Georgians are affronted but politely just appear startled, having historically harvested the largest annual crop of pecans. The nut is the second leading crop of New Mexico, but as the runaway leading state for chili peppers, it hums along. Texans… Read More ›
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