Missing Seasons
Fall, I hear, is fast approaching. I can envision the first few maple trees combusting along the bluffs that line Wisconsin’s stretch of the Mississippi where I grew up, briskness interweaving the evening bridge. The tangy scent of fermenting apples must drift, now, from the yard as early windfalls drop, sour and wrinkle so drunken [...]
Tá an t-Oíche Shamhna anseo!
Oh, Halloween…a time for tricks, a time for treats, and a time for dressing in as many outrageous outfits as possible. For those of us who grew up in the United States, this is the opportunity to celebrate a holiday whose sole purpose is to look silly and eat too much, all without a conflicting [...]
Turkey Din Din with all the Trimmings
You will have to forgive my total admittance of ignorance when I say that up until a couple of years ago there were a couple of things I didn’t know about Thanksgiving in Canada. 1-They even had a Thanksgiving, and 2-what they were thankful for. Having grown up always hearing about American Thanksgiving and the [...]
The Best Place in the World for Christmas?
All of the guidebooks are right. Medellín, Colombia is hands-down one of the best places in the world to celebrate Christmas. Christmas in another country can spark a bit of homesickness. Not here. One Colombian newspaper writes, “‘Tis the season to be homesick…that is, if Medellín has ever been your home.” I can boldly say [...]
