Holiday time is a joyous time and like the quote says . . . there is nothing like having a Christmas tree in the living room to fill your heart with contentment. It’s always a sad day when it comes down.
Best wishes for a wonderful holiday season!
Enjoy, because soon the New Year will be here along with fabulous opportunities for new adventures and explorations.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Whether you’re Irish or not, everyone always enjoys St. Patty’s Day! So wear your green, and raise a glass, and share an Irish Blessing with your friends like my favorite blessing below that friends say as they part.
Happy Ground Hog Day in Carmel in 2020! Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow today? Here’s a Flashback to my 2019 entry. Just like in the movie we’ll live Ground Hog Day again and again. Well, just this once, I promise! Again the AT&T Golf Pro Am Golf Tournament will be next week. Golf, golf, golf will be on the agenda as soon as we root the 49’ers to Victory. Fingers crossed!
Happy Ground Hog Day!
February 2, 2019
Every year we wait for Punxsutawney Phil to come out with his weather predictions. Will it be an early spring or a long hard winter! Well, hot news flash, Phil didn’t see his shadow so it’s an early spring!
Before you celebrate and rush to the garden store, you might be interested to know, that Phil has only been right 40% of the time. Oh dear, those aren’t very good odds.
It’s hard to think of groundhog day without thinking of Bill Murray in that iconic movie, “Groundhog Day”. You know the one, he was a newscaster covering the “coming out of the groundhog” in early February and every day he woke up, it was the same day all over again. Talk about “Do Overs”! Every movie has a love story and in this case Bill Murray falls for Andi MacDowell. Well, long story short, he finally gets it right . . . and gets the girl.
Now that the AT&T Golf Tournament is next week, the question always is, “Will Bill Murray play this year?” No one ever seems to know for sure until he decides to show . . . or not..
If Bill decides to play, you can bet your putter there will be plenty of laughs for the gallery. I remember one year he ended up falling in a sand trap with a one of the lady spectators!
What will never cease to amaze me is how he can do all of these antics and still play fantastic golf!
See you next week at the AT&T Golf Tournament
February 7th -10th
Veteran’s Day ~ November 11, 2018
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Across our land today Veterans are being honored on this solemn day for their service to our country. Carmel is no different. A crowd gathered on Ocean Avenue this morning to listen to a tribute to our local service men and woman.
Most of us have had family who have served in the military – or perhaps were in the military themselves. It is on this day we remember all men and women who have served their country.
One by one the names of local veterans were called out and recognized for their service and the contributions they made after their military service.
On a personal note both my father and two uncles fought in World War ll. My father was stationed in Washington D.C. as a naval officer, but my uncles both had more “exciting” tours. My mother’s brother, George, “toured” Europe and Africa in a tank. Boy, did he have some stories. He served when he was 18 years old and never forgot a story. He was still telling them when he passed away at the ripe old age of 95 on his farm in Nebraska where he lived his whole life. He stayed friends with his “tank mate” who lived in Florida until he passed away at 93.
My father’s brother, Jack, was an engineer and “toured” the Pacific in the Navy. He, also, was full of “war stories”. My husband is a retired civilian lawyer who worked for the Navy in the Office of the Counsel and loved listening to my Uncle Jack’s stories. Jack spent his service in the “Pacific Theater” and ended up marrying a New Zealander. I still have three cousins who live in New Zealand who are all around my age.
All veterans have had their lives influenced by their military experience. The lucky ones are the ones who came home. On this day we honor all Veterans living and dead who served our country and those that still serve today.
