The Windy Month

Tuesday 4!

I am hoping to get more people to give this a try.

So many subscribe and come to see Tuesday 4 but only a few participate.

On another note,  a few weeks ago someone was making fun of  Senator Elizabeth Warren. She is remembered for having taken a university job meant for an indigenous American. It was her family traditional history that they had Cherokee ancestors.  Well, it turns out she did but she inherited only 1/1000th from that ancestor and of course we know the job is for someone with a complete experience..  I do not approve of her taking that job.. it was wrong,  But  something else struck me as I was thinking things over.

Which of us will be remembered for generations to come with pride and reverence?  Why most of us don't even know our great grandparents and when we pass on we will be forgotten by future gnerations, as is most common.

 Yet, this man or women is remembered by many generations even down to relations who retain little of their DNA but 'wear' it with pride!

 Imagine what kind of person this must have been!   It reminds me of the  scripture that says " her   children rise up to call her blessed."    In this case her children's great great great grandchildren call her blessed.  Imagine that!

   Every story has many sides to it if we look deeply and consider things. .  I just thought it would be nice to share my thoughts on this with you.

Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we try to have fun answering questions about various subjects.

March, they say, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.  It is called the windy month like Chicago is called the windy city!

1.  Has March come in like a lion or a lamb in your neck of the woods? 

Windy days began at the last weeks of February and March has been very windy indeed!

2. There have been some awful storms of late.. have you suffered through them or have you ever suffered through a very bad storm in your life? (if so we wish you well)

There have been some wind storms that knocked down limbs and twigs in the woods and today was the remnants of the severe storms that ravaged the mid west and south the past 2 days .  For us, there was wind and rain.. a good soaking.

3. Spring begins March 20th and ends with summer on June 20th this year.  Any plans for Spring in general? How about the spring holidays? 

My family will gather for the spring holy days coming up in April.  

4.  What are your favorite springtime flowers?  I think Daffodils, Hyacinths, violets, tulips, bluebells, lady slipper are all so very pretty.  Mountain pinks are wonderful and grow around the pond.

From my garden in Spring:

Lilac

Scotch Broom

Some of my wisteria.. its all over the place 

White Mountain Pinks

Rhododendrun

 Trees or shrubs? Lilacs, Pussy Willow, Forsythia ,  Azalea and Rhodedenrun all grow in my yard and I think they are very pretty. 

How about a song with a springtime theme to it that you enjoy?   I remember the song "April Showers" that our 2^nd grade teacher taught to us.  We had music lessons in our town schools from kindergarten all the way up.    Everyone learned to read music and play an instrument.  Music, art, homemaking and 'shop' were considered important classes then and America was better for it.

Here is a recording from the Frank Sinatra Radio Show broadcast on April 2, 1947. The show was sponsored by Old Gold cigarettes and Jane Powell was the guest that night.

 

Stolen Questions

Welcome to Sunday Stealing. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

This week, we're stealing from Steph, aka Cry Baby. She loves Taco Bell and asking questions like these.

Cry Baby

1) Think about the last person you forgave. How long did it take you to forgive them?  Few minutes.  

 

2) Steph's favorite fast food is Taco Bell. What's yours?   I don't eat fast food so I really can't say.

3) Who was the last friend you hung out with? What did you do?

 Katy. We had dinner and talked about the state of the world.

 

4) Did you do anything this past week that will still seem important a year from now?

Yes.  I explained some biblical things to my daughter that she found a bit hard to understand without including some knowledge of tradition , oral history and other sources from the past.

5) Will this coming week be better than last week?     How so?

I've been watching the totally unnatural outbreaks of tornados in the mid west and  the south and the damage and after math.   That will make the coming week a bit iffy.  Also the storm will be moving up the coast very soon. Who knows what  damages  there will be after it's evil trip across the nation.  So, we will see how people are doing tomorrow.

 See you later tonight with Tuesday 4.. come join in please.

Southside Irish

Roses  are red

Violets are bluish

everyone knows that

St Patrick was Jewish!

 Strong evidence that Patrick was Sabbath observant as most Celts ar the time were exactly that and had been since around 35-40CE

Some very good articles on that are available in scholarly reference libraries.  From one of them:

"It's important to note that some early Celtics in Ireland and Scotland, where St. Patrick was active, did observe the Sabbath (Saturday) as a day of rest."   Interesting stuff.   Jewish presence in Ireland is small but ancient and Jewish people owned and worked in the tin mines from the ancient Bronze age onward in  Cornwall.   

Welcome to Saturday: 9. 

What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

 

Saturday 9: Southside Irish (1984)

Not familiar with this week's song? 

Hear it here.

 

1. This week's song was chosen because it's something of an anthem in Chicagoland around St. Patrick's Day. Can you name another song that makes you think of St. Patrick's Day or Ireland?

 "Ireland Mother Ireland" by  the great Irish tenor   Robert White  The song's a tear jerker.

2. The Irish Choir sings that the "craic" is always best among the Windy City Irish. "Craic" is Irish for "fun" and "high spirits." Are you planning anything fun this weekend?

Nothing planned.

Mount Ararat.. a volcano

3. They tell us that their fathers came over from Mayo, Cork and Donegal. Where did your ancestors hail from?   

Mount Ararat by way of  the Garden of Eden and it' s environs.

4. The lyrics mention the rivalry between Chicago's two baseball teams. As Spring Training 2025 draws to a close, how do you feel about your baseball team's chances this season?

 So what do I know??  Here's from the internet:  For 2025, PECOTA (whoever they are) sees the Yankees winning 89.7 games, the highest total of any American League team and the fourth-highest win total in baseball behind the Los Angeles Dodgers (103.8), Atlanta Braves (92.4), and Chicago Cubs (90.6).

5. The Chicago River is dyed green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Does your community do anything to special for the holiday?

 Yes, they raise the Irish flag at the Veteran's Park and drink themselves into a stupor.

6. While this week's song focuses on the Irish population of Chicago, it's not the U.S. city with the highest percentage of citizens of Irish ancestry. According to the 2020 census, Boston is #1. Have you ever been to Boston?

Yes. I like Boston and I like Massachusetts.

7. On Monday, which is St. Patrick's Day, do you plan to wear green?

  Well, my eyes are green and that will do.  

8. Clovers are a recognized symbol of St. Patrick's Day, and a four-leaf clover is believed to bring good luck. Have you ever seen a four-leaf clover?

Sure and Begorah I have seen a 4 leaf clover in me life. Now whadaya think of that?

9. Black coffee with whiskey and whipped cream is Irish Coffee. What's your standard coffee order?

Vanilla flavored coffee with heavy cream and/or non dairy creamer depending on when I am drinking it.