Lady Sunday
Bio
I'm a self-publishing author of fiction and I love to research and write creative non-fiction.
Stories (60/0)
St. Patrick's Day
I absolutely did NOT eat this traditional St. Patrick's Day meal growing up. I was a picky eater and went through a couple years as a vegetarian. My grandmother and grandfather frequently ate out and ordered this. After I learned to drive, my grandmother and I went out to eat and she indulged in Irish coffee with her lunch, but I did not fully appreciate this food until my late teen years. Now I love it! My son's birthday falls a couple days before this favorite Irish Holiday of mine and I have always tried to buy all the cool Irish things I could! Between his birthday and until the end of May, I love my Irish and Mardi Gras themed party stuff! I actually have my birthday and my other sons birthday in May, so I just spend a lot of time between March first and May planning, buying, and eating! I can be totally honest about myself...I'm a foodie! In the worst sense. This love includes anything Mediterranean, South American, French, Italian, desserts from anywhere in the world, American Chinese is one of our favorites and they keep coming up with new dishes all the time! I don't think I could handle the traditional Chinese or Japanese foods. I tried Sushi as a child, since one of my babysitters was Japanese, and I still like to try new foods. But if something new is too unusual, I will try anything vegan, stick with rice, and I won't try anything with fish or meat...I'm picky still. But of course, then there is this traditional Irish meal I love every year!
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Feast
Saturn in Capricorn
It's difficult to say who discovered Saturn. It has always been visible to the naked eye in the dark of night. Galileo Galilei was the first to look through a telescope in 1610 and see Saturn's rings with Titan, one of it's many moons. These had disappeared for him later and chalked up to a trick of the eye. In 1659 it was a Dutch Astronomer, Christiaan Huygen, who saw Saturn's largest moon and he named it Titan. In 1675, Giovanni Cassini discovered 4 more moons orbiting this gas giant, as well as it's two largest rings and their gap. This gap is called 'The Cassini Division'.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Futurism
Pumpkin Soup
Where on Earth did pumpkins come from? Pumpkins originated in the Americas and was one of the earliest exports to France. Seeds of the pumpkin, dating back to as early as 7000-5500 BC, have been found as far down south as Mexico. The Indians introduced the Pilgrim settlers to squash and pumpkin. They used the hallowed and dried shells of squash as bowls and storage containers. The Early British colonists of the 1700-1800's prepared it by scooping out the seeds and flesh, separating the seeds, and then cooking the seasoned flesh. After flavoring it with milk, spices, and honey, they would put the mixture back into the shells, place the tops back on, and bury them in the hot coals of a fire. When the blackened, cooked shells were removed from the flames and set to cool, the tops were removed and the insides consumed.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Feast
I'm Dreaming...
As a little girl in the 1980's, I spent my Christmases either in California with my mother or in New York with her parents. She tried to always be in New York for the Holidays, but it was rare. I was usually in New York without her. Both her parents birthdays fell in December with my grandfather's birthday falling on Christmas Day.
By Lady Sunday4 years ago in Families
Day of the Dead
With the Roman invasion, Christianity became intertwined with Celtic religion. In the early Middle Ages, the Christian holiday 'All Saints Day,' which they had always celebrated during the summer months to pay homage to all their fallen Saints and Martyrs, was dedicated as an official holiday by Pope Boniface I. The date of this observance was changed by Pope Gregory III, who moved their Catholic holiday from May 13 to November 1. The traditional religious Celtic night of Samhain, October 31, or 'All Hallows Eve,' began to be called 'Halloween', and now came the night before the Catholic 'All Saints Day'. By the following century, the Church dedicated November 2 as 'All Souls Day', a day to remember ALL dead. Copying the Celtics, (not the Mexicans, because as far as we know, they hadn't met yet! Read on…) 'All Souls Day' was celebrated with music, parades, dressing in costume, wine, food, and bonfires. They even began to prepare and distribute 'Soul Cakes', with encouragement by the church, probably as a way to replace the Celtic way of leaving food and wine for roaming spirits. But also during the festivities, the poor would beg for food, money, and ale. Children started to take up the practice, which was called 'going a-souling.'
By Lady Sunday5 years ago in Feast
The Moon
The Aztec's discovered the ancient Mesoamerican city Teotihuacan, or "City of the Gods," in the 1300s. It had already been abandoned by its inhabitants but had early irrigation systems and obsidian deposits which were highly valued at the time. First formed between 150 BCE and 200 CE, the original name of the city has yet to be deciphered. Teotihuacan had its own writing system that used dates and names, almost like the Mayan writing system. The location of the "City of the Gods" in the basin of Central Mexico was utilized and turned into a flourishing hub. It boasted a population of 200,000 at its peak, between 375 CE-500 CE. To this day, no one has discovered exactly why the largest buildings were deliberately set afire around 600 CE. The original city lasted only another century or two, as some of its pre-Mayan inhabitants lingered until it eventually became abandoned.
By Lady Sunday5 years ago in Futurism
Survival Gear 101
There has been a huge wave of survival gear products on the market since The Walking Dead hit show. The zombie apocalypse trend seems to finally be over. But, the brief fear brought more attention to surviving catastrophic disasters, survival food like MRE's (Meals, Ready-to-Eat) and survival gear. Let us not forget eco-friendlier homes and the underground bunker niche in the real estate market.
By Lady Sunday5 years ago in Lifehack
Calypso's Daughters
The Oceanides, Goddesses, and Water Nymphs Mermaids in mythology are believed to only exist in the minds of sailors, who claim to have spotted them while on long ocean voyages. Christopher Columbus wrote, in 1493, that he saw them near the coast of Hispaniola, and described them as "three female forms, rising high out of the sea, but not as beautiful as represented." The records of the English pirate, Blackbeard, tell of him instructing his crew to steer clear of waters he claimed were 'enchanted' by mermaids. The tale goes on that they were afraid of sailing through the charted waters, due to the mermaids seducing the men into giving up their gold and dragging the ships underwater. In Korean mythology, a mermaid warns islanders about impending storms by throwing rocks into the sea and singing. Another Korean tale is a story about an undersea kingdom ruled by a Princess named Hwang-Ok. Carved depictions of the beautiful, mysterious, half-human and half-fish creatures, dating back to the 11th century, have been found in the British Isles. In British folklore, mermaids were believed to provoke disaster, because they always seemed to be seen before it struck. This made them into unlucky omens.
By Lady Sunday5 years ago in Futurism
Old Fort Niagara, NY
TheOld Fort Niagara State Park is a beautiful lake-front picnic spot and tourist destination. This historical site is located in Youngstown, New York, at the mouth of the Niagara River on the shore of Lake Ontario. Many visitors to Niagara Falls, NY (USA) enjoy the free Discover Niagara Shuttle service to and from the many local historical attractions, including Old Fort Niagara! Throughout the year, the Fort has full-dress special event re-enactments that bring us all up close and personal to the struggles faced by past Fort inhabitants.
By Lady Sunday5 years ago in Wander