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I got distracted and didn’t really “finish” the previous entry about fortune cookies, so welcome to part 2 of the fortune cookie saga….I mentioned earlier that the fortune cookie traces back more to Japan than China, and some of my … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago, Claire brought home a box of fortune cookies — in preparation for our annual Chinese New Year celebration. I looked at the box and while just about everything we have in our house was made … Continue reading →

Well here we are early into the new year and already faced with that unluckiest of days — Friday the 13th. This day is so bad that there are two terms — paraskavedekatriaphobia and friggatriskaidekaphobia — that describe fear of … Continue reading →

The other day I heard the term “Ugly American.” Actually you don’t hear that phrase used so much anymore, but I remember throughout my younger life hearing it all the time. Having traveled over most of the world, I can … Continue reading →

A couple of days ago, we talked about Distaff Day — the day when women went back to work after the 12-day Christmas celebration. Well, men have their own way of celebrating the occasion of returning to work — called … Continue reading →

Monday night the College Football Playoff (CFP) game will be held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. It’s considered a bowl game to determine the national champion of college teams in NCAA Division I. The game will feature the Number … Continue reading →

Even though I guess a lot of people don’t celebrate it, today is Distaff Day.  A distaff is a wooden rod (staff) that holds flax or wool on a spinning wheel. The term distaff came to refer to both women’s … Continue reading →

Two years ago today a crowd on the National Mall violently breached the U.S. Capitol with the intent of disrupting the formal ratification of the 2020 presidential election. January 6, 2021 marked a grave crisis in American government, when a … Continue reading →

Today is Epiphany, or the Feast of the Epiphany, or Theophany, or Three Kings’ Day. Epiphany is one of the three principle and oldest festival days of the Christian church — the other two being Easter and Christmas. In Rome, … Continue reading →

In recent years, I’ve heard more about Twelfth Night celebrations. Growing up in Oklahoma, I never remember hearing the term and I honestly don’t remember much about the “Twelve Days of Christmas,” other than the song and I never understood … Continue reading →