It’s 9:00 pm and the phone rings. “I don’t want to alarm you”, she says, “but J.D. hasn’t come home, yet. I figured 9:00 was the time to think about panicking.”
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What a Show!
A few days ago we experienced this weird phenomena called “rain in May”. It even looks like this oddity may repeat itself sometime today. I’m not complaining! Continue reading What a Show!
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It’s Not Easter, Yet
It never fails, people will kindly wish me “Happy Easter”, prompting an internal conflict I have yet to resolve. Because most of the time, it won’t be Easter for me, yet!
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Tsoureki (Greek Easter Bread)
There is something special about food traditionally made for holidays. Even though you could make it at any time of the year, you don’t because it would just be all sorts of wrong to do so.
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Sibling Rivalry
Mention the phrase “sibling rivalry” and images of kids fighting over toys or the best seat in the car emerge. But did you ever think about what your pets go through whenever you bring a new one home?
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March 25th: a Greek 2-for-1-Special Holiday
If you happen to live in a city outside of Greece that has a large population of Greek diaspora, you may have noticed big parades of men proudly wearing skirts and carrying the Greek flag every March 25th (or some day close to it).
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Umm… You Don’t Want to Look in There
My family has come to learn the hard way that I essentially view my home and garden as one big science lab. They are likely to stumble across experiments either already in progress, or getting ready for one, in a variety of locations inside and outside the house. What did you expect from a science teacher?
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When Company Arrives Unexpectedly
Despite the menacing appearance of this shady group of uninvited visitors, they are actually pretty harmless. If anything, they were more comical than anything else.
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That Moon!
There are a handful of movies that my family has watched repeatedly to the point of being able to recite the entire script. One of them is “Moonstruck” starring Olympia Dukakis and Cher. A Greek and an Armenian playing Italians? It’s okay, Armenians and Italians played Greeks in “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” so it balances out.
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That’s Not Smoke (This Time)
Anyone who has lived in California’s Central Valley is familiar with this phenomenon: it rains, the sun comes out, you can’t see where you’re going the next morning.
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