Today is Våffeldagen, a national waffle day is a holiday that originated in Sweden. A celebration of the start of spring season. Traditionally waffles are eaten during spring time due to the fact that fresh milk and eggs once were hard to get during the cold winters in Sweden .Being that my boyfriend is part Swedish, I am always looking for…
Category: Culture
For your St. Patrick’s day
For St. Patricks day, an Irish offering of food (Irish soda bread), authentic Irish music, and an Irish-related blog, farmette Irish soda bread – “Over a hundred years ago, the Irish in many parts of rural Ireland made bread using baking soda. This was because yeast wouldn’t make dough rise unless strong flour, which was scarce in parts of Ireland, was…
Do something constructive with your time post-Thanksgiving
My boyfriend and I decided to partake on the creme le creme of people-watching…. holiday shoppers on black Friday. During this, we almost partook in the lighting of the Christmas tree here in Seattle. Drawn out too long, we missed the lighting, but did get to see the crowds build up for the event. A protest…
Black Friday, following a Gray Thursday
A day of over-eating is followed by a day of giving into the impulses of having more stuff. I don’t understand why people participate in such an activity. Question for all of you who find justification in doing this. Don’t you have enough stuff? How much stuff is enough? The media drives this insanity…
Easter Meaning
I have showcased my disappointment in the mass marketing Easter celebration on my photography blog, heather-anne.com in recent posts Holiday in the Aisle: The Marketing of Easter 2012, Part 1 and Holiday in the Aisle: The Marketing of Easter 2012, Part 2 I feel the commercialization of Easter has reached a point to where many, even those who proclaim to be…