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Lucien Fewell shot James Clark after he apparently ran off with Lucien's 16-year-old sister. The murder trial that followed featured two Confederate generals and a former Virginia governor. What was the verdict? (also on Amazon.com)
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Coconut Day
I don’t like coconut, in pretty much any form. Not in Mounds or Almond Joy, not dyed green and posing as easter grass on cupcakes, not as milk, not as oil. I avoided suntan lotion for years because I assumed … Continue reading
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Tagged Coconuts, Family, Food Musings, Recognition Day, Travel
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Color TV Day
My husband occasionally shares the story about how he was 11 before he found out that the Wizard of Oz was in color despite having seen it every year of his life. The joy of being a child of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Media, Pop Culture, Recognition Day, Television
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Praline Day
I’ve never been a nut person. If offered salt in snack form, I always opted for potato chips. At a ballpark, I might countenance Cracker Jack, but I never ate peanuts. (And I was shocked and appalled the first time … Continue reading
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Tagged Dessert Musings, Food Musings, Ice Cream Musings, Recognition Day, Travel
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Pink Day
It took me a long time to embrace pink as a motif in my life. I always liked it, and I was a massive girly girl from early on. I liked rhinestones and sequins, I liked chiffon and lace, I … Continue reading
Kissing Day
We’ve probably all had bad kissing experiences, no? I haven’t spent any time asking men about this, but most of the women I know have at least one story of training a guy not to slobber or of their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Kissing, Love, Movies, Recognition Day, Romance, Writing
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Cookie Dough Day
I am not what you’d call an exemplar overall. I was an honor roll student with As and Bs, and my pride and desire to please generally require that I do a passable job on most things I try, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Baking, Cookie Musings, Dessert Musings, Food Musings, Recognition Day
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Take Your Dog to Work Day
It was Take Your Cat to Work Day a few weeks back, and although I love cats, I wonder how good a day this is. I am not sure your average cat appreciates that kind of upheaval, and I wonder … Continue reading
Garfield Day
I assume we are all familiar with the original Grumpy Cat created by Jim Davis, who hails from the Hoosier State, same as my husband. Alas, my husband did not catch lightning in a bottle and form an empire based … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Cartoons, Cats, Comedy, Comic Strips, Garfield, Movies, Recognition Day
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Splurge Day
Something I have come to appreciate after writing about so many of these Days is how open they are to interpretation. Some of the days have websites with suggested ways to celebrate/observe them; most involve activities like “read about it … Continue reading
Tesselation Day
What is a tessellation? For a long time, I got this word confused with tesseract, which I was introduced to by the novel A Wrinkle in Time (probably like everyone else who grew up before the Robert Downey Jr. Avengers … Continue reading
Arwen Adams Bicknell 