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Monday Music: Valentine’s Holiday Edition

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Monday Music is a weekly feature at my websites, and here are a few songs with a Valentine’s Day connection, with choices suitable for those in love, those hoping for love, and those who are now (but I would hope only temporarily) broken-hearted. For those falling in love: Something in the Air Between Us For…

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Phil the Groundhog’s Forecast

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It’s Groundhog Day in America, and we’ve now a prediction from Punxsutawney Phil, the planet’s most famous groundhog. Phil’s call, not having seen his shadow earlier this morning, is for an early spring: On this February 2nd, 2013, the One Hundred and Twenty Seventh Annual Trek of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club at Gobbler’s Knob…. Punxsutawney…

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Whitewater’s Happy Holly Days Parade

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Here’s a video of the Downtown Whitewater-sponsored Christmas parade. The route stretched from Whiton down Main and then back along Whitewater to the Cravath lakefront. I was among the many onlookers that night, but if you’ve not had the chance to see it, this embeddable video from Whitewater Community TV makes enjoying the parade still…

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Whitewater’s Annual Holly Days Events

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Tonight’s Whitewater’s annual Christmas parade, at 6 PM, beginning at Main & Whiton, traveling down Main, and turning on Whitewater Street toward the Cravath lakefront. Downtown Whitewater is the parade’s sponsor. There’s a parade, of course, yet even more awaiting: live storytelling, hot chocolate for sale, gingerbread house decorating, roasted chestnuts, the Whitewater Chamber’s open…

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The 2012 Presidential Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

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From the White House website: THANKSGIVING DAY, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On Thanksgiving Day, Americans everywhere gather with family and friends to recount the joys and blessings of the past year. This day is a time to take stock of…

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Thanksgiving, Two Days Out

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Two days’ time until Thanksgiving, but perhaps you’ve not had the time (or a spouse who made the time you might have) to make arrangements. All is not lost; on the contrary, Rachel Stearns and the foodies at Bon Appetit have your back. Stearns asks, Do You Know Where Your Turkey Is? — It’s a…

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Friday Poll: Thanksgiving Foods

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I’d say there are few holidays I find more enjoyable than Thanksgiving. Among all the foods at a Thanksgiving meal, which of these selections would be your favorites (multiple answers possible)? Thanksgiving Meal Favorites