Tag Archives: st. patrick’s day

Dressing for the Occasion

I posed this week’s question: “Do you dress in any particular color or style for holidays or special days?” I believe that I was misunderstood by some. I did not meant to ask about ‘dressing-up’ for holidays. I wondered if … Continue reading

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Decoration Decorum

“How early do you start shopping/decorating for the holidays?” Shopping! How I miss the hustle and bustle of shopping centers decorated to the hilt and finding just the right gift for just the right person! I have been some distance … Continue reading

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Spring Break

Spring Break is a big deal here in NW Florida. Lots of kids and college age folks out at the beaches. Our beach in Pensacola is a lot less crazy with spring breakers than Destin or Panama City which is … Continue reading

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Cinema for St.Patrick’s Day

Here we are at the weekend of St. Patrick’s Day, which has been covered well by my colleagues this week or in the past. By the time St.Patrick’s Day officially hits on Sunday, it will be almost anti-climatic here in … Continue reading

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Leave the stinking daylight alone

By Jeff Salter It’s a toss-up this week, whether to talk about daylight saving time, which started Sunday the 10th, or to discuss St. Patrick’s Day, which is Sunday the 17th . Last year at this time, I presented one … Continue reading

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Sásta Lá Fhéile Pádraig

St Patrick’s Day next week! I should have heaps to write here, as a lover of anything Irish, but I wouldn’t have a clue. I suppose everyone knows about St Patrick, so I won’t bore you with this. But !!!!! … Continue reading

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Kiss the Blarney Stone

                              Maureen and ‘The Duke’ in Ireland                                                           By Jeff Salter              This weekend is St. Patrick’s Day.  If you want to learn a bit about Patrick Himself – and see my poem about an Irish Lass – please take … Continue reading

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A Movie Set in Scotland That I Bet You Haven’t Seen

This is an awesome little flick and even though the theme of the week is movies set in Ireland, I’m a rebel and am going to share this film instead. After all, what can my blog mates do about it? … Continue reading

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I’m Here For the Beer

Tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day which means a lot of kids are running around trying to find something green to wear. I ought to know since I did the same thing. It would send me into a panic every year because … Continue reading

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