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Celebrating Irish

Celebrating Irish

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 17 In the tradition of the Irish, I had a delicious lunch of corn beef, boiled potatoes and carrots, and a braised cabbage wedge at the MarKum Inn with my husband. Irish Dinner Corn Beef, Potatoes, Carrots, Cabbage MarKum Inn Mt. Angel,...
Write a Limerick

Write a Limerick

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 16 In celebration of the Irish, I share this limerick slice. Limericks first appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century and were popularized by Edward Lear in the 19th century. They were combined and sung as traditional...
Christmas Cookies

Christmas Cookies

SOL25-1230 From my journal: Before sunrise . . . Christmas cookies and coffee–Cookies: ice kipfels, date pinwheels, date tartsCoffee: Black Rifle Coffee And while I enjoy my coffee and cookies, As I am pondering the year past and the new one ahead, I am...
The More I Seek You

The More I Seek You

On the night of His betrayal, “When Jesus had spoken…, He went out with His disciples … there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. … Then Judas, having received a detachment of troops, and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, came there...
Strangest Story

Strangest Story

Poetry Friday I am celebrating #PoetryFriday Easter Weekend and winning a book giveaway … Whoohoo! A BIG thank you to Amy for her POEMS ARE TEACHERS and to Heinemann.   I share again a found poem I wrote last year, words and phrases that I found in...
I Was a Child

I Was a Child

Originally posted for Poetry Friday. This Sunday, exactly one week before Easter, is Palm Sunday–the first day of Holy Week, perhaps the most celebrated week in Christianity. It begins with Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, recorded in all four...