Wherein the Romans knew the best way to celebrate the new year was to get totally two-faced. I remember big New Year’s Eve celebrations: parties and laughter and even singing and dancing beneath the Space Needle. Now, 53 and living in a small town, I spent last New Year’s Eve watching the Panther City Lacrosse … Read More
Holiday
The Walking Dead Drunk
Wherein the Greeks know chugging wine and pleasing the walking dead is the key to a successful Spring Break. After a particularly bitter stretch of late winter that saw temperatures dip well below 0˚ F (around here we tend to complain when they’re even a single degree below 32˚), it’s a relief to return to … Read More
Happy Ear-Dragging New Year
Wherein the Babylonians guarantee a happy new year by dragging the king by his ears and slapping him until he cries. We celebrate the coming of a new year in a wide variety of ways: gathering with friends, drinking, watching fireworks and, most significantly, singing Auld Lang Syne (and perhaps drunkenly arguing over the words … Read More
Handprint Beans on the Refrigerator
Wherein boring old Thanksgiving turkey is replaced with even more traditional stale biscuits and garbanzo beans. Here in the United States we recently celebrated Thanksgiving, traditionally viewed as rooted in a 1621 harvest festival celebrated by English Pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag tribe but more specifically established by Abraham Lincoln to celebrate the Union … Read More
