Category: HOLIDAYS

• MY LILLIPUT LANE COLLECTION

  Some people have Dept. 56 collection. I have a Lilliput Lane Collection. It all started when I saw that little house in a Carroll Reed catalogue years ago. Usually, the catalogue only advertised fine quality clothes but in one of their catalogues, I noticed a Lilliput Lane house. I fell in love with the English…

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  25 Dec 2015

  Author’s Life, Blogging, Christmas, Decorating for the Holidays, HOLIDAYS

• Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming

  Lo, how a rose e’er blooming, From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse’s lineage coming, As men of old have sung; It came, a flow’ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, When half spent was the night.   Isaiah ‘twas foretold it, The Rose I have in mind, With Mary we behold it, The Virgin…

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  23 Dec 2015

  Blogging, Christmas, HOLIDAYS, Motivational Verse

  Christmas, Christmas Legends, Holidays, Inspirational

• The story of The Iron Butterfly begins

  Eighty-seven years ago today, on Dec. 22, 1928, the story of The Iron Butterfly begins. Regina Buendia’s husband suffers a stomachache and the next day, two days before Christmas, he dies. The Iron Butterfly is a gripping tale about the intense devotion and ordeal of Regina Buendia, a young mother who suddenly finds herself all…

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  22 Dec 2015

  Blogging, Books, Christmas, Goodreads, Historical Novels, HOLIDAYS, Philippine Culture, Positive Thinking, Single Parenthood

• THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE

    Today, the Christmas tree is the highlight of our Christmas festivities.  Topped with a star, and adorned with lights and ornaments, it is a part of the beauty and meaning of the Christmas season. How did the Christmas tree come to play such an important part in the observance of Christmas?  There is a legend that comes…

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  15 Dec 2015

  Blogging, Christmas, Historical Events, HOLIDAYS

• DECK THE HALLS the simple and inexpensive way

      “Deck the halls with boughs of holly” sums up the mood in every household everywhere for the next few weeks. Decorating for the holidays sometimes can be so daunting, time consuming and worst of all expensive. It should not be that way. I used to live in a century-old Victorian house and for…

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  6 Dec 2015

  Author’s Life, Blogging, Christmas, Decorating for the Holidays, HOLIDAYS

  Christmas, Decorating for the Holidays, Decorating Tips, Holidays

• TIPS ON BECOMING A BETTER WRITER – DAY 26

  Today being Thanksgiving Day, the tip today is Be Thankful. Here is a lovely prayer for your Thanksgiving meal. Thanksgiving Blessing   Bountiful God, You have blessed us in many ways, In the beauty and richness of our land, And in the freedom we enjoy. You have given us even greater gifts In our family who…

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  26 Nov 2015

  Author’s Life, HOLIDAYS, Inspirational, Motivational Verse, Positive Thinking, Writer’s Goal

  Daily inspiration, Food for thought, Holidays, Motivational Verse, Positive Thinking

• FOURTH OF JULY – A Rose to Celebrate our Independence

  Striped Red and White Rose Parentage: R. ‘Roller Coaster’ x R. ‘Altissimo’. Fourth of July is a special day for our country. We celebrate our freedom that we cherish and that our veterans fought and died heroically and some are still fighting to preserve what we enjoy today. Won’t it be nice to honor our…

  SCLMRose

  4 Jul 2014

  HOLIDAYS, Roses

  Fourth of July, Holidays, Roses

• HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

  Happy Memorial Day and remember . . . Lest we forget, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s wars. Established in the 1860s during the American Civil War, Memorial Day tapped into the general human need to honor our dead who have done so much to serve…

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  26 May 2014

  HOLIDAYS, Memorial Day, WAR MEMORIAL

  Memorial Day, War Memorial

• Holy Week in the Philippines

  When I was growing up in the Philippines, during Cuaresma (Holy Week), from Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) to Pasko ng Pagkabuhay (Easter Sunday), Catholic rites in the Philippines were infused with special fervor. It was a time for street pageantry and spiritual cleansing with processions, flagellantes, and passion plays. On Palm Sunday, the devouts…

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  17 Apr 2014

  HOLIDAYS, Philippine Culture, Philippines Churches, The Philippines

  Holidays, Holy Week, Philippine Customs and Traditions

• Spring Fresh – A time of Renewal, Rebirth and Resurrection

  To me, spring means different things for different aspects of my life. MY GARDEN – After this very cold winter, it’s nice to see the days are getting longer and there is warmth slowly creeping through the air. I hear the morning dove chirping in the morning and the squirrels are back looking for food.…

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  19 Mar 2014

  Good Writing, HOLIDAYS, Positive Thinking

  Good Writing, Motivational Verse, Positive Thinking