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St Patrick’s Day is fast approaching, and although we don’t have huge parades and parties right now, you can still wear your new favorite tshirt. Shop our 2 Bella canvas tees with fun holiday bling. Available in our Poe in Wonderland shop. Designed by HipKraft. I bought “Eat, Drink, and Be IRISH! My family is Irish on one side. Excited to wear it. HipKraft creates good quality designs and the bling is outstanding. Wear a little green on St. Paddy’s Day.

My Supernatural shirt from Stands arrived today and I am so excited to wear it! Supernatural’s stars regularly use show logos and characters in STANDS merchandise to support non-profits and communities. In the past, they’ve raised money for hunger, hurricane relief, pandemic support, and suicide awareness. Kim Rhodes who played Sheriff Jody Mills for several seasons teamed up and promoted these awesome shirts in addition to more merchandise, this campaign’s proceeds helped support an equine-therapy organization. I get alerts on merchandise whenever it becomes available. Love wearing fun shirts and it feels even better when you helped an organization out! Support Your Local Murder? What are we talking about here? It’s a play on words and imagery. The average person might be appalled and think you literally mean “murder”, but you don’t. Crows in a group are called by the ancient term “A Murder of Crows”. It’s a fun way to tie-in…

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Tortoiseshell cats are known as “the divas” of the cat world. You’ll hear them go by the name “Tortie” and they’re quite beautiful and captivating with their colors. A long time ago, I didn’t consider them much at all. I’d seen pictures and one here and there in an animal shelter I volunteered with for 11 years. However, the torties weren’t ones I ever thought I’d bring home. Everything changed in 2014 when our beloved older kitty passed away. We didn’t make it two weeks without deciding to adopt a pair of adult cats. And, that’s how Zazzles entered our life. This post contains affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Poe in Wonderland will earn a small commission for the referral at no cost to you. [envira-gallery id=’8056′] Photo Credit: Jennifer Graham We’d gone to Furkids where we volunteered to pick out our new family…

St. Patrick’s Day is all about wishing people luck. March 17th makes everyone a little Irish for the day. We’ve curated cool holiday gifts and home decorations in our brand new St. Patrick’s Day Home & Gift Guide. Etsy is our go-to resource for an artisan marketplace and these shops offer quality goods at a great price and hopefully bring all the luck in the world to you. This post contains affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Poe in Wonderland will earn a small commission for the referral at no cost to you. Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash FOR YOUR FRONT DOOR Front Door Wreath for St Paddy’s DaySweetiePieCollectionChoose your bow and stripe colors$44.00ABOUT THIS DOOR HANGER:⚬ Greenery/Bow are included and secured with staples!⚬ Handcut rounds from REAL pine wood (not MDF).⚬ 18 inches wide x 18 inches long x .5 inch deep⚬ Comes…

Emily Dickinson was loving, kind, and a bit of a prankster. “Will there really be a morning” is a poem she wrote on the back of a cake recipe. A cake recipe?! What if it hadn’t been found? I learned about this while looking up the poem and ran across Hidden Kitchens produced by The Kitchen Sisters. Their series featured the story of Emily and the poem on NPR’s Morning Edition which we can listen to below. BLACK CAKE: EMILY DICKINSON’S HIDDEN KITCHEN ON NPR’S MORNING EDITION Posted by The Kitchen Sisters on Dec 27, 2016 in Hidden Kitchens, Hidden World of GirlsListen to the podcast about Dickinson’s black cake recipe and her life at the below link to their podcast. http://www.kitchensisters.org/present/black-cake-emily-dickinsons-hidden-kitchen/ Will there really be a morning? by Emily Dickinson Will there really be a “Morning”?Is there such a thing as “Day”?Could I see it from the mountainsIf I were as tall as they? Has…

Ten good things I’ve experienced end of January and half of February are here. I was making an effort to post about five things every week, but I’ve fallen down on the job. Time to get back up. I’m hoping anyone reading my good things will record theirs either in a journal or post. We need happy things these days as we move forward in 2021. Photo Credit: Laurie Williamson (his mom) Spike Williamson is my buddy. Known him for at least 7 years or so. He’s feisty and will act like you’re meeting for the first time every time you see him outdoors. However, if you go into his house and sit on a sofa, he’s your best friend, especially if belly rubs are included. His mom, Laurie, and I walk once or twice a week. It’s kept us sane and active during this neverending pandemic. There are days…

Georgia Gilmore was not a name that I was familiar with when thinking of the Civil Rights movement. I stumbled into her story while following podcast links about secret kitchens. Searching for one topic invariably leads me to another that fascinates me. I discovered the Hidden Kitchens series and their presentation on Mrs. Gilmore’s significant contribution to the Civil Rights movement, specifically the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was a creator of The Club from Nowhere – a group of women from Montgomery, Alabama, who baked pies, cookies, and cakes and sold them on street corners and through salons to raise money for the boycott. The name was chosen, so if questioned, members could honestly say the money came from “nowhere”. Her love of food and the connections it brought to people, along with her strong spirit, changed history. “You cannot be afraid if you want to accomplish anything. You got…

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