March 13, 2008
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Day Off
St. Patrick’s Day – Celebrating the Green
St. Patrick is believed to have driven the snakes from Ireland. Once a pagan himself, St. Patrick is one of Christianity’s most widely known figures.
The modern secular holiday is based on the original Christian saint’s feast day also thought to be the date of the saint’s death. In 1737, Irish immigrants to the United States began observing the holiday publicly in Boston and held the first St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City in 1766.
Today, the tradition continues with people from all walks and heritages by wearing green, eating Irish food, and attending parades. St. Patrick’s Day is bursting with folklore; from the shamrock to the leprechaun and to pinching those that are not wearing green.
I just finished the Winslow series – 40 books. I’ve been reading the series over the past 10 years. I stretched it out because I didn’t want it to end. It’s like I’m saying goodbye to a good friend.
I’m going to be on a panel, answering questions tonight for new foster parents.
Our Foster Baby is getting tubes in her ears today. I wonder if she’ll start walking soon.
Saturn’s moon Rhea may have rings
PASADENA, Calif. (UPI) — U.S. scientists said NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected what appears to be a ring surrounding Rhea, one of Saturn’s largest moons.
It is the first time rings may have been found around a moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday in a release.
Rhea, which is about 950 miles in diameter, is Saturn’s second-largest moon.
“Until now, only planets were known to have rings, but now Rhea seems to have some family ties to its ringed parent Saturn,” Cassini scientist Geraint Jones said in a report published in the journal Science.
NASA said Cassini detected an apparent debris disk that measured several thousand miles from end to end. Researchers said the particles that make up the disk probably range from the size of small pebbles to boulders.
Comments (21)
The nice thing about a good book is that they are easy to re-read. After a while I’ll wander past my bookshelf, notice the book, and think it’s about time to take another journey there. There’s only a few books I can do that with though!
@bubenun - I have so many other books I want to read that I rarely reread. But that is nice.
PRaying for the baby! Good luck on the panel…
the Winslow book series? Haven’t heard of it. I’ll look it up!
Have a great day R!
Our son is a St Patty’s Day baby. He gets corned beef on his birthday every year
I hope all goes well with the tubes. I know ear infections are no fun.
@chasnfireflies - Corned beef – It’s been a long time since I’ve had that.
@angi1972 - Winslow series – Historical novels by Gilbert Morris. It starts with the Mayflower and goes to WWII
They sound like they could be good…
I like historical novels. I might give that a look-see.
My wife would probably go for somethng like that. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t see much of my wife! LOL
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day…aka my dad’s birthday!
And I hope everything goes well for the baby.
best wishes with ur foster child and hope she walk real soon.
have a sunshine day!
@Papaya26 - Thanks – She’s out of the procedure and doing good. She already took a couple steps, so the ear problem caused her to be off balance.
@iknowHimdou - All went well. She’s home and happily screaching. lol
@frozenfire55608 - It is a great series. I love history and Gilbert Morris does great in making history come alive.
Good books…. good friends.
Hope the baby does well with her little ears. Have a good time on the panel!
Hope all goes well for the little one….ears can give them such a hard time….Happy Paneling
ears-poor little girl.
I’m part Irish-my dad’s mom was a Troy
@jillcarmel - Her ears didn’t seem to bother her. She was happy as ever.
@dingdongdingbat - The panel went great. I enjoyed it.
@Randy7777 - oh, does she just have alot of snot?
@jillcarmel - I’m snot wanting to talk about that. lol Yes doesn’t.
@Randy7777 - so no ear pain and no runny nose ? My son had several tubes in his ears when he was young and the way they explained it to me was that it was a vent to keep the ear drum from perforating and being torn(like a drum)after so many tears it will cause scar tissue and cause him not to hear as well in that ear. Well now he is an adult and I’m sad when he says,”hey, mom, let me get the phone to my good ear.” it doesnt’ seem to bother him as much as it does me.