I of course celebrate St. Patrick's Day, for, after all, how many have a day named after you?  Here is what I will eat and imbibe for my major meal today. I've had numerous postings of this day, and  here is one :  Everything You Need to Know about St. Patrick's Day. You ask, why is St. Patrick's Day observed in America, and  the answer  goes back to when the Irish people came here to help found Boston and New York City.  The first parade was held in Manhattan in 1762.  In the early days of Ireland, Celtic charms of four-leaf clovers offered magical protection.  Did you know that four leaves are really rare?   Only ONE in 10,000 . Did you know that the political leaders of both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland make an annual pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. on March 17?  This has happened for a century or so because the USA has had a positive influence over the politics of Ireland since the split occurred.   Here is Biden making remarks today . If you regularl

My wife Pearl passed away today, 13 years ago.  Every year since then her sister Doris has provided some flowers on her birthday, which was last week.  So I planted the latest, and adjacent is Pearl's Blood Lily plants, now just on the verge of blooming.  I'll later provide a story about this flower. As Tuesday is nostalgia day, here is my posting of 20July2009.   Sorry, but it did not transfer well.  You can read the posting by clicking on that link . ********************************* IN CELEBRATION OF PEARL My best friend, and wife, of almost 47 years, Pearl, just passed away, and it was both the saddest day of my life, and, surprisingly enough, still, joyfully blissful. Yes, I’m biased, but she was as beautiful on her 70 th   birthday (last week) than when we first met.   She was recently sent a portfolio of photos taken at the May Hilo High School Quad reunion in Last Vegas, and, considering that she was in the oldest of four classes, it was amazing that she was the best lo