October! This is the one month of the year that tells on itself descriptively. With the brilliance of the landscape bursting with color, from bushes to trees and the multicolored mums, to the cool evenings spilling over with outstanding sun-sets, one does not lack for…
I am not sure where the days go, but here we are in early August, and I am thinking about getting the house decorated for the upcoming holidays. I figure, if I can’t put a stop to the days, I might as well start wrapping…
If you love flowers you have to consider the angel wing begonia. It is one of the easiest plants to grow, provided you have them in a part shade, part sun location. I plant them in big flower pots, and display them on my porch….
Well here we are in 2014, some 238 years after the famous Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776, declaring the United States of America to be a free country and independent of the Kingdom of Great Brittan. Since that day, every…
I don’t know about you, but I do love to sit at my table on a Saturday morning and sip coffee while looking at the newspaper. Sometimes, I even put different things in my coffee, like cocoa, vanilla, cream, cinnamon, and even honey. It is…
Thinking about Father’s Day, and my dad, makes me want to laugh. As some of you may know, my dad, William Fiorino, was 100% Italian, the son of immigrants from Rome, Italy. He was really a character, to say the least, and growing up with…
Having a Bridal Shower the other day was more fun than I could have imagined, not that I haven’t done this a time or two before. But somehow this one was definitely different. When the mother of the bride called and asked if she could…
It’s everyone’s favorite Mexican holiday, a chance to listen to Mexican music, hang up the piñatas, make your favorite guacamole, and celebrate with our Spanish Americans on their important holiday. So what are we celebrating? Most folks know enough Spanish to understand that “Cinco de…
Well, folks, here we are just a few days before Easter Sunday, and everyone is preparing for the big Easter Brunch. Advertisements fill the papers for the best Easter Brunch in town. Many restaurants are believing that hungry folks leaving Easter morning church services will…
“March Madness,” the term used to describe the excitement surrounding theIllinoisstate high school basketball tournaments, first appeared in print almost sixty years ago. It was coined by Henry V. Porter, who started his career as a teacher and coach atAthens High Schoolin centralIllinois. Today there…