Scene: Second Day of Xmas, Two Turtle Doves / First Day of Kwanza / Boxing Day.In Northglenn (north of Denver). In the checkout line at JoAnn Fabric & Crafts.Two women in line in front of us both with eclectic items among their purchases. W1 was arranging giant pink Lillies, oversized black peonies, and feathers into…
Author: Elle L
Happy Kwanzaa
Each of the seven days of Kwanzaa is dedicated to one of the principles, as follows:
Merry Christmas
Oh, the weather outside is frightful,But the fire is so delightful,And since we’ve no place to go,Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.It doesn’t show signs of stopping,And I brought some corn for popping;The lights are turned way down low,Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.When we finally say good night,How…
Happy Winter Solstice 2022
and happy Yule to you and yours!
Happy Hanukkah
And yet…
Current situation It’s 26º or something like that, outside as I write this. And yet, there is no pretty sparkly white fluffy stuff. Ahem, no! We came up here for the (humanity and the) pretty sparkly white fluffy stuff, dammit. (We had some snur–as a local weather nerd calls it–for like a minute. But it didn’t…
Happy Halloween
Keep Denver um, Weird?
Spotted in Denver, a “Keep Colorado Springs Lame” sticker. If the tailgate fits.
Happy Diwali
From us to you, Happy Diwali. We wish you all good health, happiness and prosperity.
Lands we’ve lived on
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! This neat little site will tell you which peoples lived on the land before you. There are a lot; there are many more than I knew or expected. My (shitty/little) hometown isn’t in the database yet, but it was land and neighbors for several. E lived in this same area for…