Tag Archives: holiday

Miscellaneous: Black Friday-Cyber Monday Sale

The Land of Books and Honey Shop will be having a sale on gift items from Black Friday, November 24, 2017, 12:01 a.m. PST, through Cyber Monday, November 27, 2017, 11:59 a.m. PST. You can find a link to the store website below. Many products feature butterfly images. There are numerous butterfly purses, ornaments, calendars, journals,… Read More »

Book Review: Trust me, I’m lying

The book, Trust me, I’m lying: the tactics and confessions of a media manipulator, by Ryan Holiday is a public relations campaign for the benefit of Ryan Holiday. It presents itself as a public service to teach you how to use the media to get the public to do what you want and how not… Read More »

DVD Review: The Haunted History of Halloween

If you don’t have time to read a book about Halloween for your research paper or for your own curiosity, I recommend you watch this documentary about it, The Haunted History of Halloween, produced for the History Television Network by Jeff Swimmer in 1997. The DVD is 50 minutes long according to its packaging. If… Read More »

Book Review: The Ugly Pumpkin

One would think by the title, The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz, is a seasonal story, but it isn’t. This book is not about Halloween and you can read it all-year-round. The Ugly Pumpkin is a story about finding one’s identity. The Ugly Pumpkin is a picture book and a story told in rhyme. In… Read More »

Book Review: Native New England Cooking

I was searching for a library book that specialized in Native American cooking prior to the arrival of the English in New England since the Thanksgiving holiday is approaching. The only book I can find at my local library is Native New England Cooking by Dale Carson. Many of the recipes in this book represent… Read More »