St. Patty and the Snakes

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St. Patrick’s Day is an Irish holiday celebrated by lovers of the “old country.” I observe it in deference to a great-grandfather who was a policeman in Dublin before immigrating to America and his daughter, my paternal grandmother, who used to rock me while she sang “Irish Lullaby” in a lilting brogue. Most people think only of wearing green clothing on St. Patrick’s Day. (In my school days you either wore green or got pinched black and blue.) But the {Read More}

Shamrock Potato Prints

photo courtesy of Janna Widdifield

St. Patrick’s Day wouldn’t be complete without some shamrocks (or potatoes for that matter). Supplies: potato small heart cookie cutter knife green paint paper for stamping Cut about 1/4 off the length of the potato. Then insert the heart cookie cutter as deep as it will go. Use your knife to cut cleanly around the heart shape. Dip your stamp in some green paint and you are in the shamrock business! Three hearts make a shamrock. Add a stem using {Read More}

I am Patrick, a Sinner

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“I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.” Patrick of Ireland Patrick of Ireland would not recognize the world of 2010 compared to the one he lived in around 387 to 461 A.D. If Patrick were alive today, I cannot help but think he would be a bit put out with the title of saint and the celebrations held in his honor. Patrick of Ireland lived a life {Read More}