Holidays

Thoughts On Easter From The Esther Bunny’s Sister

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Do you know why I love Easter?

For starters you get to wear pretty clothes, eat chocolate and in some cases get presents.

I know, that sounds a lot like Valentines Day and Christmas. But take away the disembodied human hearts that seem to float around like Donovan’s  Brain and what do you get? That’s right- in the end even  Valentine’s Day- with all that potential to be more is  just another Holiday.

But Easter?

I don’t care what anyone else thinks

It is a morbid holiday wrapped in pastel colors and delivered to you in a  basket and said  basket is left  by your sleeping defenseless  form by a rabbit that can walk around like a human.

I’ve heard that those bunnies are over six feet tall and that they have magical powers.

Honestly, a reasonable person may think this scenario will not end well.

That’s why I love Easter.

It’s just like Halloween-minus the demons and witches and graveyards of course.

 Personally, I think Easter is Halloween for people who don’t want to admit to themselves they are into the odd and macabre in a very big way 

 Painting  up eggs to make them  up to look happy and then placing them in a decorative way in a  basket?

UGH.

I worked in a Funeral Home.

We called that  process the dressing and casketing  of the dead and if you think I will  be sitting around cracking hardboiled eggs open this Sunday morning you  are SO wrong.

 

When I was a kid-well, to be honest I’d  be doing it to this day if she didn’t live so far away and I hate to drive at night – I used to get up in the middle of the night steal my little sister’s chocolate bunny out of her basket and sneak out into the hall with it.

Then I would bust off the bunny ears and eat just one- I’d share the other with my dog or brother.

The rule was whoever got there first got the ear.

Then I would put the earless bunny back into her basket.

I can’t help but to feel that of all of my sins if I were to make it to the Pearly Gates THAT is the one that will keep me out of heaven and this is why…

My sister’s name is Esther and when we used to call her ” The Esther Bunny “

 

I read this to my husband and I asked him if he thought it was funny.

He said, ” its funny as Hell “

I was a little concerned at that line.

So I said ” but you weren’t laughing.”

He told me he was laughing on the inside.

Yeah, you do that I thought to myself as I laughed  ( on the inside ) at the thought of his earless – soon to be headless chocolate bunny waiting to visit him Easter Morning.

You Have To Make Your Own Good Time

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I kept hearing that it might snow.

So of course it is NOT snowing.

I was not happy until I found a solution for my problem at

  The Wish Jar
But then …Hey Now…I look out the window and see my cat Kolchak watching something…
I discover that somehow
I totally bent nature to my will.
Actually
I guess Kolchak did that.
But at this point who cares?
It’s SNOWING
YAY!

Photo: A.M. Moscoso- Look close, that IS snow in the picture

If you don’t think that Christmas Snow-for as light minimal as it maybe
 is NOT exciting
 then you won’t be impressed thatI have Wild Rabbits living in my yard

Bunnies Gone WILD in my yard

Now.

If you have Christmas Snow in your yard, or if your trapped in it somewhere take a picture of it, share it and try to enjoy it.

Snow, like the rest of life does not last forever and we have to make our own good time with it while we can.

a.m.m

Once Upon A Midnight

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Spooky Scene

I belong to an on-line Writing Group

called

The Soul Food Cafe

and our

Halloween Blog is up.

We have writers from all age groups, from all over the world who will be contributing this year.

Stop by and check it out-

New posts appear daily

AT

Once Upon A Midnight

Haunted House

On The Ninth Day

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:::: A Twelve Day Journey To Christmas Day-

OR

Will Anita Marie Get Her Fiji Mermaid THIS Year?:::

Today

On

Day Nine

Anita Marie Wonders

Is It M-all It’s All Cracked Up To Be?

On my very long commute home from work we drove by a Mall surrounded by ice and snow.

It’s a very pretty Mall with an outdoor carousel just across the street in the Park.

It’s awesome, especially at night. 

Seattle Traveler
Photo:Seattle Traveler

But it was day and the snow- which is frozen on the sidewalk and in some places looks like a mini-mountain range- made me wonder:

Would I send my family into uncharted waters, dangerous situations for the gift at the top of my wish list- which in my case is

The Fiji Mermaid:

Hope you get what you really want this Christmas!

“Fifi”

is

:::gift from Cle:::

No.

I wouldn’t-

and my rapaciousness for my very own Monkey/Fish is boundless.

So as I watched Holiday Shoppers- some of them nearly hitting the icy deck with child and gifts in hand I thought:

I’d be oh so very happy to receive some Divinity Cookies or

a Homemade Pumpkin Pie

:::like what Jade Makes:::

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie Prepared from Scratch, Autumn 2007, © Copyright 2007 Jade Leone Blackwater

Or a Collection of Thoughts and Ideas shared

the way Lori- 

a friend from

The Soul Food Cafe

Writers Group

 did

 HERE 

And socks I’d be over the moon for a pair of socks knitted by a woman

called

Shewolf

and if I had a friend

( and I do, fa-la-la-)

Who created a Calender that was designed to showcase the works of her friends?

I mean, who could NOT be very happy with something like that.

And the questions would come to me again-demanding an answer- would I send my friends and family into unsafe places to get me a Fiji Mermaid? Even though my heart will surely break to find that now-after 31+ years of asking my wonderful Monkey / Fish is again out in the world, somewhere without me?

When I think of that Dad stumbling over the ice and snow to get into the Mall with his three year old in tow- and you know if  Dad had slipped he  probably would have broken  BOTH of his arms to keep his child from hitting the deck-

or how I felt when I saw a woman slide and then catch herself against a bench- her head snapping back and her shopping bag clenched protectively to her chest

I think the answer is

HELL NO.

:::However::::

For one thing- for any one thing in the cases or lining the walls of

Ye Olde Curiousity Shoppe in Seattle?

Seattle Municipal Archives

Photo:Seattle Municipal Archives

Well.

There IS  my

birthday to think about.

a.m.

 

 

AdvenTURE Calendars at Soul Food

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There is a tradition at the Soul Food Cafe. Each December, for the past five years, Heather Blakey has launched an Advent Calendar on the first day of December. Advent calendars have long helped build excitement and anticipation on the countdown to Christmas, typically revealing a pretty picture or piece of chocolate behind the cardboard door for each December day along the way. Heather Blakey adopted a new approach to this tradition. Each day during December a new link lights up on the Soul Food Advent Calendar.

The Cafe now has a collection of these beautiful features, kept for posterity and full of prompts and inspiration for eager writers and artists. This lens features all of them.

So check it out HERE and enjoy!

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When David Met David

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The guy in this video could be the next

Doctor Who.

The beauty of this video is simple.

You can see both Doctors together.

Captain Jack

would

LOVE THIS.

( this is for my friends who have the Captain Jack thing going on )

torchwood

Now

Back to the important part of the story.

Here

it is…

the two

Doctors.

 

A sneak preview of the Dr Who Christmas special shown during BBC 1’s Children in Need show, has renewed speculation that the actor David Morrissey could succeed David Tennant.

dd

I could SO be on board for that change.

I mean…did yo see him dance?

Yowza.

(until the bbc pulls it…here’s the Christmas Promo with both Doctors)

Tis The Season

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Norsey Wood photo by Ian in Billericay

Norsey Wood photo by Ian in Billericay

I belong to an On-Line Writers Group and we’ve got a Christmas Blog up and running.

There’s some artwork, humor, holiday recipes and stories going up there daily.

So what is somebody like me- who just finished two stories about cannibals- doing over there?

I’ve found a way to work in Tequila and David Tennant onto a Christmas Blog.

I am So clever…

HAHAHAHAHHA

So check it out over the holidays, it’ll be something fun to read.

:::visit::::

CHRISTMAS AT RIVERSLEIGH

It’s Not Just About The Candy

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There’s a lot of things I like about Halloween-

first of all

nobody thinks it’s weird that I have a  skeleton in my living room- sitting in a chair- by my phone-I bought him from Bucky’s Boneyard, I named him Edgar

(click the pic to got to Bucky’s Site)

I  also love the bite sized candy snacks because I’m not happy with sitting down and eating a boring old candy bar- I like them best with  wrappers decorated with bats and ghosts and zombies stamped on them.

Most of all I like anything dealing with Zombies because they are the dumbest monsters to ever be dreamed up and I take a certain weird pleasure in biting their candy heads off.

You know, before I do a little trephination.

Pic from Bone Clones

Osteological Reproductions

But most of all I enjoy Halloween because of the movies-

the vendors put them all out there, old ones, new ones, whatever, which is good because they’re all good-in their weird way.

These are the best of the Strange and Weird-

And my personal favorites.

Enjoy!

The legend of La Llorona – a Medea-like myth that has haunted the Americas for more than 500 years. Now this supernatural spirit hunts again. Over the course of one ominous day this anguished soul terrorizes New York City escalating her appetite for vengeance. A young mother comes under her spell and collides with two detectives a witch/curandera – and the many who suffer this horrifying vengeance. Evocative and suspenseful haunting and disturbing this supernatural thriller brings to life the chilling legend proving there is no rest for a mother who murders her child and that La Llorona is real

dvd and review from:::

From amazon.com

Now this film is one of my favorite Sci-Fi Horror films of all time I only watch it once a year so as to not ruin the experience for myself-

I knew it as 5 Million Years To Earth, but it’s listed  at IMDB as

I like this review, it’s from IMDB.

PS

If you click the pic it’ll take you to the Amazon page where you can order a copy.

Workers excavating at an underground station in London uncover the skeletal remains of ancient apes with large skulls. Further digging reveals what is at first believed to be an unexploded German bomb from World War II. Missile expert Colonel Breen is brought in to investigate, accompanied by Professor Bernard Quartermass. When the interior of the “missile” is exposed, a dead locust-like creature that resembles the devil is found. It is determined by Quartermass that these “locusts” are evil Martians who altered the brains of our simian ancestors to eventually lay claim to the Earth. When Quartermass’s suspicion that the missile can reactivate the dormant evil in humans is confirmed, all hell breaks loose.

 Written by Rick Gregory

 click the pic it’ll take you to the Amazon page where you can order a copy.

And it wouldn’t be Halloween without

Arsenic and Old Lace.

I mean the story is about two sweet old ladies who are cold blooded killers

and they bury their victims in their basement

They also love to bake and celebrate Halloween.

What is there NOT to love about a story like this one?

 

Now what shall we cover next?

How’s about my favorite Monsters?

Okay…it’s a date

till next time

Home of Hammer Films

HERE

If you click the pic it’ll take you to the Amazon page where you can order a copy.

Mmmm…Mmmmm….BOO!

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click the pictures to link up to the recipe sites

This is a Thorax Cake.

If you keep in mind it’s not supposed to look pretty,

 you might want to give it a try.

Yum. Yum.

However if you think that’s over the top you could try this:

Oh please…I’m just kidding but check the link out anyways.

Next…

Lady Fingers

WITH

Dipping Sauce…

of course.

So there you go, some treats for some fine

Halloween

DIE-ning…

next post-

Movie Screamings- I mean movies for you to screen over your Halloween weekend.

Till then…

a.m.

 

Too Bad I Slept Through It

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Some people didn’t have to spend the New Years in Bed watching tv ( okay, there’s a Twilight Zone and CSI Marathon going on so I’m not exactly busted up over that) because they’re sick.

Other people actually got to have fun….

Check it out: 

This is how some people saw 2008 in- this bar was built of Ice…I SO would have gone here myself.

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See more New Years pictures at  BBC page HERE

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This happened in Seattle-  right in Bill  ” Microsoft’s ” Gate’s  backyard…God I love stories like these:

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Computer glitch interrupts Needle fireworks

Fireworks explode off the top of the Space Needle, bringing in 2008, as seen from a condo complex on lower Queen Anne. Delays due to a computer glitch lengthened the show, according to a Space Needle spokeswoman. Ultimately, the show had to be executed manually, but it was out of sync with the accompanying music. In 14 years, this is the first such problem.

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According to the Media 

We did not have a Groovy Time in Snohomish County

This is the big  2008 New Years Story to come out of my little neck of the suburbs.

It’s about laws that go into effect  around Washington state today.

Geeze.

That’s like getting pencils and socks for Christmas.

and 

on the Blog Front

Here at my blog I had over 100 hits on Christmas Day from people looking for stories about Exorcisms.

Oh….and Exploding Pigeons.

Funny.

But Scary.

HEY

!hope you had a great New Years!

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