Today is the second Ember Days of Pentecost or Summer, but the first Ember Days of Summer to receive an optional observation. Confusing, isn’t it? When a lesser feast day (such as Ember Days, which are all optional days) falls on a feast of greater importance, the greater day is observed. This year, Mary’s visit to her cousin, Elizabeth, took precedence over the first Ember Days.
Continue reading “Friday’s Ember Days of Summer”Say Something Nice and Have a Slice of Cake
Here we are, on the first day in June. That’s half-way through the year. June 1st is one very busy day in one exciting month. It’s the month of summer fun for folks in the Northern Hemisphere. Did you know that no other month in the year begins on the same day of the week as June? I kid you not!
Continue reading “Say Something Nice and Have a Slice of Cake”A Visit Between Women of Faith
Today is National Utah Day. It is also the First Ember Days of Summer or Pentecost since it is the first Wednesday following Pentecost Sunday. We aren’t going to talk about either of those days. For today is the Feast of the Visitation of Mary.
Continue reading “A Visit Between Women of Faith”A Brave Young Saint Was She
Last year, for the sake of convenience, we talked about the Feast Day of Joan of Arc the day before her actual feast day. Why? Well, it’s Coq au Vin Day naturally. This year, since we shared the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church on Coq au Vin Day (as well as a Coq au Vin recipe), today it’s all about Saint Joan.
Continue reading “A Brave Young Saint Was She”Memorial Day Pot Luck Favorites
Would you believe I was going to simply skip over Memorial Day? As in not share some recipes for this big holiday. Don’t know what I was thinking!
Continue reading “Memorial Day Pot Luck Favorites”Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope
In the life of the Church, the Feast Day of Mary, Mother of the Church is very new. It is a Memorial Feast, set for the Monday following Pentecost. This feast day was added for the first time to the Church calendar in 2018.
Continue reading “Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope”Oh What a Beautiful Sunday
Today is Pentecost Sunday. It is also called Whit Sunday, Whitsunday or Whitsun. Pentecost Sunday is a movable celebration in that it falls 50 days after Easter. Since Easter is moveable based in part on Passover as well as the cycle of the moon, all Christian Holy Days linked to Easter are also moveable, such as Ash Wednesday or Good Friday.
Continue reading “Oh What a Beautiful Sunday”Celebrate Grape Popsicle Day with a Splash of Wine
Did you know that today is National Grape Popsicle Day? Yep. Do you know how the Popsicle was invented? It’s really an amazing story only because you wouldn’t think of California as the birthplace of the Popsicle.
Continue reading “Celebrate Grape Popsicle Day with a Splash of Wine”Don’t Fry Friday and Memorial Weekend
Having the mind-set of a home cook as I do, the first time I heard that the Friday before Memorial Day was also National Don’t Fry Day, my mind immediately thought of fried foods. Turns out, that’s not the case at all.
Continue reading “Don’t Fry Friday and Memorial Weekend”Brown Bag it Day, Wine and Meatball Boats
Hello and welcome to the 25th Day of May. On the National Front, we have Wine Day and Brown-Bag-It-Day. Both lend themselves nicely to an assortment of delicious recipes to share. Although I would not recommend Brown Bagging It with Wine. The whole idea behind Brown Bagging It is to have a healthy-er alterative to fast food lunch.
Continue reading “Brown Bag it Day, Wine and Meatball Boats”Wyoming and Barbecue Foil Packs
Today is National Wyoming Day. Wyoming – how I love that state! I love the people. I love the hard life it offers. Sometimes I wonder where we might be today, had we moved to Wyoming way back all those years ago. But then again, there would be no Kiddo or Kamren or Grace.
Continue reading “Wyoming and Barbecue Foil Packs”World Turtle Day and Tijuana Tuesdays
It’s World Turtle Day. Say What? Yep, World Turtle Day. So what does that mean?
Continue reading “World Turtle Day and Tijuana Tuesdays”Slow-Cooker Forty-Clove Garlic Chicken
We seem to be eating more and more chicken these days. I’m not sure why that is. Coming up with new ways to serve the same old thing does get to be a bit much. One thing I can promise you about this chicken is the aroma.
Continue reading “Slow-Cooker Forty-Clove Garlic Chicken”Grilled Cajun Country Pork Ribs
Today is 7th Sunday of Easter. Since moving the Feast of Ascension Thursday to Sunday, Catholics throughout the world are celebrating Christ’s Ascension into heaven at today’s Mass.
Continue reading “Grilled Cajun Country Pork Ribs”Meat-Lovers Slow Cooker Spaghetti
Growing up, I can remember my mother had the biggest, deepest cast iron skillet on the planet. Okay, so that is an exaggeration. Nearly every home in our neighborhood had the same skillet. I think it was a requirement of family life back then.
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