Your wedding day will be wonderful, magical, out of the ordinary, the best day and the best wedding anyone has ever been to, right? Well, if that is your goal and that is your desire, then before you make wedding plans, you might want to review what NOT to do! Because the brides and grooms before you also set out…
I just finished watching The Karate Kid (2010) and just like the previous Karate Kid movies I’ve seen, from The Karate Kid 1 to The Next Karate Kid, I felt really light and happy and full of hope. Yeah! Those are the effects these movies have had on me. Some people might find it funny, even weird that I feel…
Tattoos on the lower back and tailbone are one of the sexiest ways to decorate a woman’s body. It draws attention to one of the most sensual areas of the woman’s body, the lower back. It’s a great area for a tattoo, often hidden, but also a place that can be displayed without being inappropriate. The beautiful curves of a…
Since the early 1960s, doo-wop has remained a white regional ethnic genre within a subculture. Non-blacks have taken the sound of the rhythm and blues vocal group and made it their own. Almost every old show featuring groups from the 1950s has a majority of white fans. Very few African Americans are represented in the audience. Why, then, the attraction…
Cuddlebar Stud has been breeding pure Colonial Arabian horses in Australia since the stud’s founding by Mary and Jack Ellery and their son Les in 1930. The Ellerys had been the horse trainers for the McDonald stud since its inception in the World War I years. World Cup and remained so until McDonald’s dispersal in 1953. The two stallions enjoyed…
“I do not like reading.” “Reading is boring.” Reading is old school.” “Reading takes too long.” “I’d rather watch the movie.” I’m sure many of us have heard these lines or something similar when trying to encourage a reluctant reader to read. We will often hear this from children; however, there are a large number of adults who express the…
Little Big Man – 3 stars (good) You know “Little Big Man” has the makings for a good movie when a historian visits Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), a forgotten centenarian of more than 100 years in an assisted living facility, to ask him how Native Americans lived. in the Old West. Crabb is said to have lived among the Cheyenne,…
Knowing how to make rullepolse or ribberulle, the seasoned meat roll, is an essential for having a proper Scandinavian Christmas party, at least in our house. Once you can get your required brisket, the rest of the process can be a fun, family affair. The first thing we have to do is bone the lamb brisket and trim it. We…
Every once in a while, during a seeming moment of personal understanding and enlightenment, I find myself compelled to write a poem. These poems seem to have a life of their own; They almost write themselves. Until I finish the poem, the emotion that I am feeling or the intuition that I have reached will not calm down. And when…
Vasant Panchami or Saraswati puja is a festival dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the Hindu god of knowledge, art, music and learning. She is the daughter of Durga and is considered to be a partner of Brahma. This is the most popular festival in the eastern region and is celebrated in the month of Magh (January-February) where young children and students…