One of my favorite picture books as a child was about a little girl who doesn’t understand time, seasons, or the days of the week. She vaguely recalls holidays: the flowers blooming, baby chicks , a basket with a fluffy bunny. She remember a cracking walnuts in front of a warm fire, relatives gathering andContinue reading “Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Are You Tracking the Holidays?”
Tag Archives: Halloween
Who is the Real Radical Running for U.S. President? Our World Just Got a Little Scarier.
When did everyone stop listening to one another? I think back to 2016 and I’m certain the dismantling of civility began just after the election.
Happy Halloween 2011
Do you have your Hallowen Candy? Have you carved your pumpkin? Today the sun is out, unlike Saturday. That makes today a fine day for Trick or Treaters to parade outside and make their door-to-door visits this evening. With the cold and the crowds Saturday night, by the time we got over to Fado’s, itContinue reading “Happy Halloween 2011”
Gaddafi Sighting in Annapolis
“The Day of the Dead” arrived early to Annapolis, Maryland when the recently departed Libyan leader Omar Gaddafi was seen dining at the Wild Orchid Cafe in a private dining room with a number of odd companions. Gaddafi’s date for the evening was “Evil Incarnate”– a strikingly beautiful but evil woman sitting in a carContinue reading “Gaddafi Sighting in Annapolis”
Halloween is Almost Here
Today we started walking downtown even before the high school students had made their way to the bus-stop to catch the 6:30 a..m. cheese-wagon. Hard to believe, but we no longer have any kids at home waiting for the bus, and potentially missing it. What a chore it was, rousing them out of bed. NowContinue reading “Halloween is Almost Here”
Just Imagining Halloween
It’s almost October, and you know what that means…almost time for Halloween and maybe time to start thinking about this year’s costume if you plan to go partying. IF I am still stuck inside my clamshell ie Total Contact Orthosis Jacket (TCO) I can easily be 1) a Viking Queen clad in an armored vestContinue reading “Just Imagining Halloween”
Nadja Maril, Writer & Author 