Celebration
Calendar
March
[American
Red Cross Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, National
Cheerleaders Safety Month, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness
Month, National Craft Month, National Frozen Food Month, National
Nutrition Month, National Poison Prevention Month, National
Spiritual Wellness Month, National Women's History
Month] 1 Iditarod Race
begins
Peace Corps
Birthday
7 Shabbat across
America
World day of
Prayer
8 Eggsibit (decorating egg
shells)
9 Daylight Savings Time
Begins
15 Maple Syrup Day
17 St. Patrick's
Day
American Chocolate Week
19
Swallows return to San Juan Capistrano
20 First Day of
Spring
21 Easter
April:
[Alcohol
Awareness Month, Autism Awareness Month, Celebrate Diversity Month,
National Pecan Month, National Poetry Month]
1 April Fool's Day
15
Income Tax Pay Day
19 Husband Appreciation Day
20
First day of Passover
21 Boston Marathon
22 Earth
Day
23 National Secretaries Day
24 Take Your Child
to Work Day
25 Arbor Day
Red
Hat Society Day
May:
[ALS
Awareness Month, Jewish- American Heritage Month, National Mental
Health Month, Motorcycle Safety Month, National Navajo Code Talkers
Month, National Physical Fitness Month, National Smile
Month]
1 Beginning of Fairy
Godmother Week
May
Day
3 National Scrapbooking
Day
5 Cinco de Mayo
8
World Red Cross Day
11 Mother's Day
15
International Day of Families
17 Armed Forces
Day
18 NASCAR Day
25 National Missing Children's
Day
26 Memorial Day
29 International Day for UN
Peacekeepers Day |
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Featured Ritual
Celebration: Late Night Bunny
Hunt
By Mary Jo Saavedra
Easter time has always been a big
celebration at our house. After church we share a delicious potluck
buffet with friends and family and then have our traditional egg
hunt. This year however, my twelve year old decided she was too old
for the traditional egg hunt, so we found ourselves in search of a
new tradition.
In comes Pam, my very clever friend and
neighbor, who I do believe out performs me in the art of
celebrations and traditions. She has a gift for taking the ordinary
and making it extraordinary! Well in my plight to replace the
traditional egg hunt I sent out an S.O.S. and it was Pam who called
just days before the big event and said she had the idea to save our
Easter. A late night Easter egg hunt with flashlights! Yes, I know,
it was brilliant.
Read the
rest
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Inspirational Quote
We have only this moment, sparkling like a
star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.
~Marie B.
Ray | |
Spring 2008 Newsletter
The smell of liquid rain and potting soil is filling the air
in the Northwest today. We call it Raindrops to Roses in
Portland, and when the sun comes out and the rain still falls, it is
sheer beauty! Hope of warmer days begins to fill our
daydreams. The children are getting restless and anxious to
get outside, and the early spring bulbs are sending up their feelers
to see if it is safe to make their grand appearance. Catch
your breath and retreat to your favorite spot in the garden this
month with a warm cup of tea and some delicious Hepburn family
brownies. It is a season when all life and hope renews
itself. Be a part of the rebirth. Be purposeful about
giving your smiles this spring in honor of National Smile Month.
Give hugs and see if your mood infects others. Choose to
breath and be thankful for the abundance that surrounds you!
Peace begins at home!
Smiles and Sunshine! Your friends at
Wisdom Quilts
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Recipe - Star-Studded
Brownies
(Makes 9 large brownies)
This recipe
comes from the Laurie Colwin's More Home Cooking
(HarperCollins 1993). Her recipe came from a friend who got the
recipe from an article about Katherine Hepburn. A Hepburn family
recipe, these brownies are a divine snack when watching a
contemporary sitcom or an old classic movie.
Ingredients:
1 stick butter (8
tablespoons)
2 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup
sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preparations:
Preheat the oven
to 425 degrees. Butter and flour an 8-inch-square pan and set aside.
Melt together butter and chocolate and take the saucepan off the
heat. Stir in sugar, add the eggs and vanilla and beat the mixture
well. Stir in flour and salt. Add nuts if desired.
Pour batter
into the pan and bake for 40 minutes. |
Featured product - The Pleasures
of Tea -
Recipes & Rituals (by Kim Waller for Victoria
Magazine). The Pleasures of
Tea a collection of recipes, party ideas, and evocative musings
will inspire you in the art of having tea. Reading this book takes
you on a journey with your senses and
satisfies your soulful need for comfort and community. Enjoy a
spot of
tea on the patio with your yummy
Hepburn Family Brownies!
$12.95
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