Tales from the Huffmans

Yesterday I put away1 the Christmas stockings2.  We had taken them down a few days ago, but now they had to be stored away3 for another year.  It’s always lots more fun to put up the Christmas decorations4 than it is to take them down.  When we put them up, there is always the anticipation5 [...]

When I was a little girl, my grandmother’s kitchen always smelled very strongly1 of onions2 a few days before Easter3.  This meant that she had been collecting red onions to use in dyeing4 Easter eggs5.  That had been the only way to color6 eggs when she was young.  We all like to cling7 to traditions8 [...]

During my childhood Memorial Day1 was more commonly known as “Decoration Day.”  That is because the emphasis2 was on decorating3 graves4 of our loved ones.  I have fond memories5 of loading buckets6 full of bright peonies7 and irises8, as well as a loaded picnic9 basket into my grandparents’ car and then driving with them to [...]

Last night I hosted the meeting of a group I belong to.  The group is called AAUW2, or The American Association of University Women2.  To be a member of the organization, a woman must be a graduate of an accredited3 college or university; the main goal of the organization is to promote4 lifelong learning and [...]

Today is Columbus1 Day2, and in New York City3 there will be a commemoration4 of the event, Columbus’s discovery of America in 1492.  Many people of Italian heritage5 live in New York City, so they like to celebrate on this day.  Often there will be a parade6 in the areas where they live.  Many Italians [...]