Festivals

Bastille Day

Bastille Day also marks an important lesson for our own time, here in America.

Fourth of July

This is my country, land that I love more than any corporation or politician or race or printed money or piece of cloth.

Solstice

To everyone, I wish a good Summer Solstice and hope in the months ahead.

Viva Cinco de Mayo!

This year, as the United States embarks on its own adventure in the Middle East, I hope that we will remember Cinco de Mayo and grant to the Iraqis the same right to choose that we expect all Americans to enjoy.

Earth Day

Happy Earth Day!

Purple Plum

Our tree is the last to revive and the first to litter the sidewalk

No Stigmata, No Pain

Making me feel guilty because I don't bleed as much as Jesus is a pretty cruel thing for a mind and a culture to do to a person.

Take the Leap Year's Day

So, wanna share benefits?

Martin Luther King Day 2004

Was that firecracker meant to commemorate James Earl Ray?

Twelve Cheeses for Twelfth Night

On this day, those who still have their lights up (e.g. us) exhaust ourselves singing choruses of the full version of the Twelve Days of Christmas.

Happy New Year 2004
        We have a beautiful timeAs long as time is time at all.                - Czelaw Milosz Now that we have arrived in...

End of the Year

For the changes in my attitude that I have started to make, I call it a good year

Caroling

This is the attitude we should allow birth in our hearts in the season of the light that shines in the darkness, a light that the darkness cannot grasp.

Xmas Card 2004
Click on the image to view the card a page at a time. Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Happy New...

Seasonal Bleakness

Many bloggers have stopped writing. Is it because they're too busy setting up for the holidays or because they're tunneled under the blankets?

Christmas: A Debate

We keep our Christmases simple in these parts, mostly because we are not blessed with children.

Happy Thanksgiving

This is one bird that won't be getting cooked.

Muuuuah ha ha!
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How We Spent Labor Day

I could not check into the motels, ride in the motorboats, or afford to hire a biplane to drag the message I wanted the beach people to see which was "You're being screwed!"

Labor day Roundup

While you were munching hot dogs in honor of the fact that as an American you are one of the hardest working and most productive people in the world, the Secretary of Labor announced that you're going to lose your overtime pay! Hooray! Hey, why aren't you cheering?

Labor Day

Trim the fat from the meat and from the corporate elite. Live healthily today. Celebrate your dignity as a working person who deserves better than he or she gets.

Bastille Day

Viva la France!

America Divided into Clerks and Customers

We have turned against our country, lured to treason against our neighbors and friends by sales, everyday low prices, and convenience.

Fourth of July

Not talking about the Constitution on the Fourth is like having Christmas without the nativity story or a passover seder without questions from the children.

The Gift of The Grunge Guy

"But I love you!," she cried and I bought it.

Mother's Day

I didn't pay for the gift, but the best presents are often the ones you select for yourself. Few others share your taste.

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday for all Americans, we feel in this household, because it marks the day when an American army (Mexico's) defeated an invading European Imperialist Force which had taken advantage of the U.S. Civil War to try a little territory grab.

May Day

Americans don't get drunk on May Day. They hold off until Memorial Day when the object appears to be to fill the graves with new corpses so that their relatives will have a reason to visit them next Memorial Day.

President's Day

On this day, Americans honor their legitimately elected presidents.

Feast of the Epiphany

It's your last chance to say "Merry Christmas Joel" and make it meaningful, darn it!

Karen's 12 Days of Christmas - A Haiku Cycle Not for the Young

The "poetry" which is hidden on the second page of this entry was written in (dis?)honor of Karen Zipdrive....

The Holy Innocents

It is a celebration of the life of any innocent who has died at the hands of tyrants, pursuing or merely suspected of pursuing, the cause of liberty and personal conscience

Day of Two Feasts

Today is sacred, both for Christians and Zoroastrians: it marks the birth of Christ and the death of Zoroaster.

When the Sadness Hits Me

I think that will put in an appearance at the family Christmas gathering tomorrow, if not for my own cheer, then for the cheer of others.

Wreath-O-Rama

Please, have a jolly Christmas. Drink the cider, laugh with your family, remember the loved ones who have gone on, enjoy the presents you receive and the ones you give to others. If there is no God, remember that there are people who love you.

Wishlists and Other Christmas Letdowns

I feel terrible about not being able to get gifts for my nieces and nephews. That was the best part of Christmas. Lynn and I had just started looking around when the layoff hit. Our suddenly strained finances meant that this joy was denied us.

Day of the Dead 6

Day of the Dead 5

"Of course the Dalai Lama came to mind. We couldn't, of course, use him because he was still alive. So someone suggested that we use his predecessor. But then we remembered he's supposed to be reincarnated. So technically, he's still alive."

Day of the Dead 4

When the priest and his entourage entered the restaurants where the tourists munched on Mexican specialities which were carefully decontaminated of chilis, I wouldn't be surprised if they thought he'd come to deliver extreme unction.

Day of the Dead 3

Day of the Dead 2

Day of the Dead: Our Altar and Joel's Closet of Skeletons

...We have posted pictures....

Day of the Dead 1

Our Day of the Dead Page 2002