Good Friday is considered to be a public holiday in dozens of different countries—particularly ones that have a strong tradition in theChristianfaith. This holiday isn’t a federal holiday in theUnited States,
Friday, March 30th Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring.We visited a small village in the mountains.The village people here love the quiet life--no computers or phones.They are the kindest people I have ever met.They always smile and say “hello”.Kathy and I can only speak a ...
Hogmanay is the Scottish word for New Year’s Eve, and Hogmanay is a BIG holiday in Scotland. Having been celebrated since at least the early 1600s, Hogmanay is now synonymous with festive merrymaking on December 31st in Scotland (notjust Edinburgh). Scottish celebrate the arrival of the new...
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There are a number of translations of Meditations, but this is the one that Ryan Holiday recommended and is considered by many to be the best. I would recommend getting the hard cover version of the book, available at Amazon for around $11. I’ve listened to the audio version, but for...
Happy that we finally booked our flights to visit kiddo #2 in Canada, come April. Kiddo, who’s rather sad right now because a bunch of great friends had to fly home already (they’d opted to stay for only half the school year). Kiddo #1 and I will go to Quebec first, then to...
(Oklahoma won 35-0 after the 1949 season; LSU won 21-14 after the 2003 season, clinching a share of the national championship along the way). If LSU was afraid of not having students on campus due to the Thanksgiving holiday, it could have celebrated vs. the Commodores, who are a ...
So in Quebec, Canada Day is also known as Moving Day. Many organizations, businesses and stores are closed this day. Only some bookstores, hospitals and gas stations may be open. Post offices are closed, too. As Canada Day falls in the Canadian summer holiday period, all schools are ...
that is your best bet for Christmas Day or really any other holiday for all that matters. So on our visit to the Bay Area, we followed this strategy and made our way to Harbor Bay Village. Incidentally, this was also only a short 3 minute drive from our hotel. Really, we should've...
There’s also a modest hotel in Pangnirtung, known as The Lodge, where the business and government folk stay, run by the colourful Quebecois Louis Robilliard. Jason called over to the Lodge and said he was bringing us over. Louis too was not terribly overjoyed to see the two of us as...