celticeagle

@celticeagle (183510)

Boise, Idaho • Age 74

Joined myLot 17 years ago

I am a 70-ish Scorpio that enjoys a good laugh and tries to keep positive. I enjoy writing, editing, and watching old vintage movies. Keep on keepin' on.

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Don Quixote Where Are You?

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 22h

(We all remember the story of Don Quixote, right? The romantic gentleman from Miguel de Cervantes' novel who was obsessed with chivalric adventures and sets out to revive knighthood. He mistook the windmills for giants and charged...

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The Origin of 2 Holiday Foods

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 23h

My mom once helped a friend make some mince meat pies. She got really sick and was confined for a couple of weeks. I have only tried mincemeat once. It wasn't too bad but with the memory of how sick my mom got I don't have a...

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How Did the Christmas Colors We Enjoy Today Come About?

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 23h

As with Halloween and its orange and black, and the Fourth of July and its red, white, and blue we tend to associate Christmas with red, green and white. But where did these colors originate? Red and green can be traced back to...

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What is Tinsel Made of?

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 24 Dec

Remember tinsel? Is it even used to decorate with now? I remember using it on our tree when I was a kid. My grandmother would have us very careful take each strand off the tree and wrap it on a card to be used again the next year....

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What I'm Truly Thankful For

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 23 Dec

I am setting here in a warm apartment looking out at the day and thinking about what will transpire in a couple of days. We don't have a lot of presents to open infact there's not any, but we have a lot to be thankful for. We have...

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Santa Baby

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 23 Dec

Silliness of course but I this one of the tunes I enjoy hearing each year. Cute and cuddly don't you think? Eartha Kitt has such a great voice. There are some other songs after this one too. I like the old traditional songs better...

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The Black Cat Says it All

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 23 Dec

Many people came to enjoy the Solstice celebration at Stonehenge near Bath, England recently. The druids who are believed to be the originator of this sacred place, believed that the solstice marked the "rebirth" of the sun and...

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An Advertising Stunt That Now Makes Our Christmases So Colorful

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 22 Dec

One of history's greatest inventors was Thomas Edison. He was also a master of marketing. It was 1879 and his incandescent bulbs were just being perfected. He wanted to bring it to the public so in his laboratory in Menlo Park,...

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Good Dog (2025)

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 22 Dec

This is an odd first for moviedom. It's about a dog named Indy and his experience in a haunted house. All done from the perspective of a dog. Cute dog too. It is 70 minutes long, cost $70,000 to make, and took about 400 days to...

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Oh, no! Not That! The Blue Lights Are Dropping Like Flies

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 21 Dec

Yeah, it was that. I woke up at about 6:30a. and picked up my phone as I usually do to check my emails and such. Things wouldn't load and I looked, and the blue lights were not visible on the router. Ugh! I always get a sinking...

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This is SO Weird...

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 21 Dec

Call me certifiable, call me on the local looney bin's door but I saw what I saw and here is my story: Each night for the last 2 or 3 months that I can recall I have seen this. I live right across the street from Taco Bell on...

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The Other Miracle on 34th Street

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 20 Dec

The Empire State Building used to be the tallest building in the world. and it was where many despondent people went to end it all. On December 2, 1979, Elvita Adams was walking around the observation deck on the 86th floor. When...

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The Benefits of Horseradish

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 20 Dec

I always have enjoyed horseradish on roast beef dishes. My grandmother used to scrape the root and make it for the table. I like wasabi, hot mustard and such things but I don't care for hot pepper or chilis. I was reading about...

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The Snowflake Man

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 20 Dec

Wilson Bentley, a Vermont farmer around 1885 became a weather scientist and photographer. He had been fascinated with snow and in his teenage years he viewed snowflakes under a microscope and developed his own technique in...

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Broccoli and Cheese Soup

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 19 Dec

We are actually having this delicious soup for the second time this week. I love the flavor, and it has become quite a family favorite with us. We were just in the mood for it since it has been raining out most of the day and that...

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Facts About the Movie "It's a Wonderful Life"

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 19 Dec

Frank Capra's popular 1946 movie "It's a Wonderful Life" has been a favorite for many Americans for generations. It's the story of a small-town banker who loses his way for a while and is visited by a bumbling guardian angel named...

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Where Does the Term "pot luck" Come From?

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 19 Dec

This term goes back to 16th Century England and meant 'the luck of the pot'. It had to do with unexpected guests and eating whatever was available in the communal-like pot. This term became popular again in the U.S. during the...

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Interesting Facts About Snow

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 19 Dec

Since becoming an adult, I don't care much for snow. It causes so many problems with traveling and at home for many. But, regardless here are a few interesting facts about the stuff: * Monet, the impressionist painter, completed...

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How Quickly Things Change

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 17 Dec

I looked out the window about ten minutes ago and the sky was very gray and the wind was really blowing. I went back to typing. Less than ten minutes later I look out again and the sky is blue and there is no wind. Not much sun...

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Fascinating Facts About the Poinsettia Plant

celticeagle @celticeagle (183510) • Boise, Idaho 17 Dec

I like to see the pretty poinsettia plant around for the holidays. I wasn't aware of a lot of interesting facts about the plant. I will share some of those below: * The plant originates in Mexico. It was used by the ancient...

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