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Saint Valentine’s Day #1744(ish)

St. Valentine icon Middle AgesRoses are red,

Violets sometimes yellow,

Have a lovely 2.14,

Dear lady or fellow.

We don’t generally make too much of Valentine’s Day over here, though I received a lovely bunch of red roses from my helpmate. Rumor has it that a red velvet cake is also in my future.

Our most excellent neighbors are using the “holiday” as an excuse to throw a party tomorrow, and that’s something I can certainly support.

I hope your day is fine, and includes human warmth and something tasty!

And Happy Friday.

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A Red Weekend

red valentine's day fortune cookie with fortune

This weekend, we had some fun celebrating Chinese, or The Lunar, New Year. We also looked forward to Valentine’s Day.

It was a weekend with a lot of red (no, not for communism). Obviously, Valentine’s Day always means red decor, flowers, etc. But I heard an interesting story about why red is also the good luck color of the Chinese New Year celebration:

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