Category Archives: Hobbies

Let’s Talk Turkey

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Linda Andrews

No, this is not a recipe blog. Although if you have any, feel free to pass them along. Today, I’ve decided to research that ubiquitous of Thanksgiving symbols–the turkey. Did you know that the turkey got it’s name from the … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Linda Andrews

When I was younger, my parents used to dress up for Halloween. My dad would hide in the dark spaces of the lawn and jump out and scare kids. One year, he was dressed as a giant spider and the … Continue reading →

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Witches and Halloween

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Linda Andrews

I love tales of witches–villain or heroine. They can do magic and really who wouldn’t want to cast a spell or twitch their nose and have their house cleaned? Given that Halloween is based on the old Celtic holiday of … Continue reading →

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Candy Corn

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Linda Andrews

I always wondered how my least favorite Halloween candy came about. I get the corn harvest/fall and Halloween connection. Heck I even decorate my house with a display of Indian Corn that I keep up until the Christmas decorations go … Continue reading →

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Trick or Treat

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Linda Andrews

I love candy. Chocolate. Chewy. Nutty. Crunchy. All kinds of candy. I don’t discriminate. So just where did the tradition of giving out treats come from? Well, working back in time, I’ve found getting treats comes from something called soul … Continue reading →

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Ghosts and Halloween

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Linda Andrews

I suppose it is only natural that ghosts became associated with Halloween. After all, the holiday was borrowed liberally from the Celts. At the end of the harvest, when the Earth began to die (ie winter set in) the Celts … Continue reading →

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The Fabulous Halloween Pumpkin

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Linda Andrews

I love Halloween and so for the next couple of weeks I’m going to explore some of those fabulous Halloween icons. Today, is that famous of all symbols: the pumpkin. Just how did carving of jack-o’-lanterns become associated with the … Continue reading →

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The Fun with B movies

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Linda Andrews

I love B movies. Especially the old horror/scifi movies. This last weekend thanks to a cold that won’t quite leave, I got to watch plenty of them on Netflix. Below are some of my favorite things that occur. 1.) Women … Continue reading →

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A Lesson for Life

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Linda Andrews

A man is walking by a manicured lawn where gardeners are busy at work. Something startles him and he jumps back onto a metal rake. The teeth of the rake shoot through the sole of his shoe and stab into … Continue reading →

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Ghosts and the Victorians

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Linda Andrews

In 1848 two sisters, Catherine and Margaret Fox, claimed to have talked to the spirit of a man. Together they devised a tapping system to discover that the man, a peddlar, had been murdered and buried in the cellar. The … Continue reading →

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