By Rhetta Akamatsu My husband Ken and I went to the Georgia Rennaissance Festival on May 5th, and we got to watch Marc’s performance with my son, daughter-in-law and 2 year old granddaughter, who was enchanted but would not let them stay for the whole performance. But we did, and it was delightful as always, […]
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Cats and The Irish
By Rhetta Akamatsu Cats were very highly regarded among the early Irish and even appear among the illustrations in the Book of Kells. They were both loved and feared, for they were believed to be clever, sly and able to see into the future. Irish superstition held that if a cat stared fixedly at a […]
A Brief History of St. Patrick’s Day
I’m sure everybody knows the story of St. Patrick, and how he allegedly drove all the snakes out of Ireland. There’s an Irish toast that goes something like: Here’s to St. Patrick, Who drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Let’s drink to his health. But let us not drink too much, Lest we forget […]
