One of the significant aspects of any holiday celebration is food—roasted hams and turkeys, braided or caramel-topped breads, potatoes mashed and turned into dumplings.
Masquerade!/ Run and hide–/but a face will/ still pursue you! from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber It’s that time of year again.
And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy’s bonfire spread. ~ Bayard Taylor ~ Just living is not enough…one must have sunshine, freedom
In 1968, when I was a teenager, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical opened on Broadway. I saw a performance of it several years later
I don’t care what they’re going to say. Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway. ~ Elsa ~ It’s that time
It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
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Journals are the place to weave the dreams of the future, dreams that are yet too tenuous and fragile to be spoken aloud. ~ from
One of the significant aspects of any holiday celebration is food—roasted hams and turkeys, braided or caramel-topped breads, potatoes mashed and turned into dumplings.
