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Posted on 04/11/2005 7:54:16 AM PDT by JustAmy
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Señor, you have such a way with the words.
Coming from you I take that as a big compliment. Thank you.
Noooo, thank YOU!
That little cabin reminds me of the pic you posted of L.E.'s Grampa's house.
Sounds like clear sailing.Thanks. :)
Diffent style house ; )
L.E.'s Grampa's house had trees behind it too if I remember right.
Have a nice day, everyone.
You too!
Nice graphic.
Happy Monday, Everyone!
Here are the holidays that we will be celebrating.
Mon, 11th April:
Barbershop Quartet Day
Cheese Fondue Day
Civil Rights Day
Tax Freedom Day
Write Your Memoirs Day
Tue, 12th April:
Look Up At The Sky Day
Hot Dog Day
Big Wind Day
National Licorice Day
Walk On Your Wild Side Day
David Cassidy's Birthday (singer)
David Letterman's Birthday (talk-show host)
Children's Day (Florida)
Wed, 13th April:
Thank You, School Librarian Day
Thomas Jefferson Day (President Thomas Jefferson's Birthday)
Baisakhi
Thu, 14th April:
Pecan Day
Tamil New Year
Malayalam New Year
Children With Alopecia Day
International Moment of Laughter Day
National D.A.R.E Day
Pan-American Day
Anniversary - President Lincoln’s Assassination
Thank you, OESY, for helping with the holidays.
Thank you tulip! I better get to work!
I sure hope so!!!
Good morning, Lori.
Hope you are having a great Monday. At least it is a little warmer than it was Saturday. :)
Two of the 4 eggs have hatched. I took a picture of the eggs last week. This morning, I braved the attack of the parent kildeers to get a couple of pics of the babies. I will get them uploaded so I can post them later.
March 18, 2002 -- Think of barbershop quartets and this image easily comes to mind: four handlebar-mustached white men in straw hats and striped vests singing "Sweet Adeline" in four-part harmony.
But the roots of barbershop actually date back to singing by African Americans in the late 19th century, Jim Wildman reports for Morning Edition as part of the Present at the Creation series on American icons.
"Barbering was a kind of low-status job and it was held in some areas by gypsies and European immigrants, in other areas, by African Americans," says Gage Averill, chairman of the music department at New York University and author of the upcoming book Four Parts, No Waiting: A Social History of American Barbershop Harmony. Barbershops often served as black community centers, "the place where guys hung out," he says. "A lot of harmony was created in these barbershops."
MORE...
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/barbershop/
During the frigid Swiss winters snow covered mountain valleys isolated villages and towns. Consequently fresh food became scarce. Towns people had to rely upon locally made foods. These were produced by area cheese makers in the summer months. During winter months these cheeses became dryer and more unpalatable. Out of necessity came a wonderful dish, the fondue. It's named derived from the French word fondue - meaning to melt or to blend. This was exactly what the stale cheese needed to make it more digestible. The cheese was melted in a earthenware pot called the caquelon. Local wines and seasonings were added and even the stale bread tasted delicious after it was swirled in the creamy cheese sauce.
Although communal eating from one pot implied a shortage of cooking equipment and utensils among the poorer peasants, it was also symbolic of community dining. Each person kept their corner of the pot showing consideration and kinship a Swiss custom still respected to this day.
Entree Fondues like beef fondue were started in the middle ages in France, where area wine makers would send their grape pickers out of the vineyards for long hours at a time. Because food would go bad during the long day, instead they would set up pots in strategic areas of the vineyard and cook their meals as it became convenient during the day, ensuring a traditionally leisurely lunch that could be enjoyed hot and fresh.
http://www.fondue.net/history.html
In 1968, President Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1968, a week after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.africanamericans.com/HousingRightsActof1968.htm
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