Musings

Daylight Saving Time Ends

It’s that time of year again and we switch back to Standard Time here in the States (except for Arizona, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico – they never switched to Daylight Saving Time).

And it is Daylight SAVING Time, the word isn’t plural.

We need to stay with Standard time. The sun will be overhead at Noon.

My dogs and cats won’t be mad at me because they’re hungry tomorrow at 4:00 and they think it’s 5:00 and I tell them to wait until dinner in another hour.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Big TV Small(er) Price

This 82 inch 8K QLED Samsung TV is 40% off at Amazon.

Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate and may receive a small commission for purchases made there.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Monday Photos – Week 38

Panna Cotta. I made a panna cotta for dessert for luncheon on Saturday. It was a vanilla panna cotta with an apple cider reduction on top. I served it in some margarita glasses I had on hand.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Never Forget

2996-11

The complete list of 2996.

Paul Pansini:

From a profile published in the New York Times on 8/11/2002

Paul Pansini

World Trade Center

His Presence Is Everywhere

Paul Pansini

Paul Pansini

Paul Pansini loved the excitement of being a firefighter in downtown Manhattan, but his days off meant a great deal, too. Firefighter Pansini, 36, took his son, Paul Jack, now 7, and his twin daughters, Anna and Claire, now 3, everywhere when he was not working. “He was brave enough to even take them to the store,” his wife, Janice, recalled.

Since Sept. 11, the family has, in turn, felt his presence everywhere. “I feel him definitely in my house,” Mrs. Pansini said. The family lives in his childhood home in Tottenville in Staten Island. When they moved there in November 1994, the couple almost tore the century-old house down.

Now she is glad they did not. In Tottenville, they are surrounded by family members who keep his presence strong, including his sister, Loretta Halpert.

Lake George was Firefighter Pansini’s favorite spot in the world. This summer, as Mrs. Pansini packed for their annual vacation to the lake, Claire asked if they were going to meet Daddy there. “I’m blown away by how much they remember him,” Mrs. Pansini said. “I don’t think he knew how much he meant to so many people. He was a very comical person. The love of my life. People keep coming up to me and saying, `I miss him so much.’ ”

*************************

10-housememorial_23a

Our thoughts and prayers go out every day to Paul’s friends, family, and coworkers at Ten House. Six men were lost that day from that Firehouse.

Click either picture to embiggen.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Monday Photos – Week 8

It’s been cold, and windy, and snowy, and rainy. The snow in the yard is covered in ice. My phone reminded me that two years ago I had some greenery poking its way out of the earth. I want Spring!

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

KitchenAid Pro Bowl-Lift Mixers

Amazon has Onyx Black, Silver, and Empire Red Pro Bowl Lift Stand Mixers at $299.99 in advance of Black Friday. What a great gift for the baker in your life (or yourself)!!

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

100 Years

Today is the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day. The original Veterans’ Day.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Veterans’ Day 2018

Armistice Day, Veterans’ Day, Remembrance Day

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month…

In Flanders Fields

poppy

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Written by Lt-Colonel John McRae (1915)

Print Friendly, PDF & Email
mm-5