Holiday

Thanksgiving Dishes, &c.

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/25/2015 • Comments

Market to Table Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Stuffing Pan Gravy Turkey Carving Dos and Don’ts

Anderson, Cartoons & Comics, Holiday

You’re busy

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/25/2015 • Comments

A Thanksgiving Day Meal Planner

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/19/2015 • Comments

View image | gettyimages.com At the New York Times, there’s an interactive holiday meal planner: Tell us how many guests are coming, their dietary needs and your culinary dreams. In return, we’ll offer recipe ideas and tips for an extraordinary meal…. See, Thanksgiving for All Build a Feast to Please Everyone @ NYT.

Holiday

Happy Veterans’ Day

by JOHN ADAMS • 11/11/2015 • Comments

The Journal Sentinel was a sponsor of a recent Honor Flight, a program that takes veterans to Washington, D.C. without charge to see some of our nation’s principal monuments and meet with other veterans: Washington — World War II is always with Erv Casper.It’s in the memories he carries in his heart and it’s in…

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Friday Poll: Favorite Halloween Monster, 2015?

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/30/2015 • 2 Comments

Last year vampires took the top spot. Let’s see what happens this year — Favorite Halloween Monster, 2015?

Animation, Film, Holiday

Sunday Animation: Batz

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/25/2015 • Comments

BATZ, the Full Movie from Kawa Paris on Vimeo.

Holiday

Ghost Quadcopter

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/16/2015 • Comments

This video is from three years ago, but the quadcopter still impresses —

Holiday

Varieties of Fireworks

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/04/2015 • Comments

All beautiful, like flowers, however named —

Via The 12 Kinds Of Fireworks You’ll Probably Encounter This July 4th @ Digg

America, Holiday

Happy Independence Day

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/04/2015 • Comments

An annual reading of the Declaration of Independence, with transcript below, from NPR — DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now we will celebrate Independence Day, as we do every year at MORNING EDITION, with our reading of the Declaration of Independence. (SOUNDBITE OF BELL) STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: (Reading) When, in the course of human events, it…

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Friday Poll: Independence Holiday Activities

by JOHN ADAMS • 07/03/2015 • 3 Comments

What will you do this holiday? Multiple poll selections, like multiple activities over a long weekend, are possible — Independence Holiday Activities View image | gettyimages.com

Holiday

Happy Father’s Day

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/21/2015 • Comments

Google has a holiday doodle for Father’s Day —

America, Holiday

Memorial Day 2015

by JOHN ADAMS • 05/25/2015 • Comments

ARLINGTON, Va. — Darrell Stafford inspected a freshly dug grave at Arlington National Cemetery recently and nodded. The burial plot, 5 feet by 10 feet, was ready for the coming ceremony. It was just one of 28 funerals that he would help oversee that day. During his 32 years at the cemetery, Mr. Stafford has…