Category Archives: holiday

Sheelah Day

March 17, 2025 – 8:42 am

The Hill of Tara has been a Celtic religious burial site since before the Pyramids of Giza. The two Neolithic circular mounds within the Raith Na Riogh enclosure are adorned the image of Sheela Na Gig, a naked woman holding open a giant vagina. The Catholic Church demonized the ancient icon as a symbol for […]

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ERIN GO BALI

March 16, 2025 – 6:58 am

My first trip to Bali was in 1990. Kuta Beach was the island’s most popular tourist destination for sea, sun, and fun. Being a pseudo-intellectual I opted for Ubud, an idyllic village of Legong dancers, ornate temples, and non-disco evenings. I rented a small house off the Monkey Forest Road surrounded by verdant rice paddies. […]

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Valentine Globalization – 2007

February 14, 2025 – 7:17 am

Valentine’s Day has become a global holiday, although few people know the exact origins of why hearts are sent to loved ones. The tradition has been mainly attributed to a Roman priest Valentine who performed Christian marriages against the wishes of the Roman Emperor. According to Wikipedia Emperor Claudius took a liking to this prisoner […]

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JUST ANOTHER NIGHT by Peter Nolan Smith

January 2, 2025 – 2:21 pm

From 2014 Last night was New Year’s Eve. My redheaded poetess friend Irene phoned to invite me to a 20-something party in Bushwick. “You’ll be the oldest man there.” Irene was going solo. “Almost three times older.” We were just friends. “I think of you as 16.” She had witnessed my silliness on more than […]

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1-1-2007 – PATTAYA

January 1, 2025 – 10:12 pm

Having gone to sleep slightly after the stroke of 12am on New Year’s Eve, I woke with the dawn the next morning. Champoo, my little dog, was dying for a walk and I tiptoed through the sprawled bodies of my wife’s guests. They had had too much food and drink unlike me. I was nearly stone-sober. My […]

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