It turns out the pink buds are turning into scarlet flowers. Does that mean the red buds are going to be pink flowers? Meanwhile, one flower is beginning to bloom with another one right behind it and lot of small… Read More ›
Christmas
WHAT DID I GET FOR CHRISTMAS?
I wasn’t expecting anything because we all agreed we weren’t going to exchange gifts. Nonetheless, I got some. I do appreciate them. If I had some reason to believe I’d actually be going anywhere before maybe next summer, I would… Read More ›
BOXING DAY
We didn’t do presents this year. As it turned out, I didn’t do presents, but Garry and Owen did. Months ago, I bought three new unstuffed stuffies for the Duke. He got a new fox, an opossum, and something that… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS PICTURES OF NOW AND YEARS GONE BY
What I always liked about Christmas has been the brightness, the friendliness. The parties. Light. Gift-giving. Dinner together. Cookies and eggnog and mince pie. I was not born to be part of Christmas, but I married into it twice. The… Read More ›
A GOLDEN JACKSON CHRISTMAS – RICH PASCHALL
Jackson 5 Christmas Album, by Rich Paschall Fifty years ago the Jackson 5 Christmas Album spent all of December as the number one selling Christmas album according to Billboard. In 1972 it regained that claim as the best-selling Christmas album…. Read More ›
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS OR A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS – By CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE
By Clement Clarke Moore ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be… Read More ›
A CHRISTMAS SONG, PLEASE
With all those Christmas songs floating around out there, I was thinking I could use a hit too. Just one! Some composers earned enough off one song to receive a handsome payment every year. A Hit For Christmas I need… Read More ›
The More-or-Less Annual George R. Stewart Christmas Story | the EARTH ABIDES project
The More-or-Less Annual George R. Stewart Christmas Story Posted on November 12, 2020 Here’s the annual re-post of a story of the close connections between George R. Stewart and Jimmy Stewart, and between the mythical town of Bedford Falls and the real … Read More ›
TWAS THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND UP IN THE HOLLOWS By KIM HARRISON
‘Twas the week before Christmas, and up in the Hollows . . . By Kim Harrison ‘Twas the week before Christmas, and up in the Hollows, Solstice bonfires were burning, to toast the marshmallows. The pixies were snug in their stump,… Read More ›
SANTA CLAUS AIN’T COMING TO TOWN – A SONG BY RICH PASCHALL
You should not go out You should not come by This year’s a washout I’m telling you why Santa Claus ain’t coming to town. He’s making a list, He’s crossing you off, He’s heard that you sneeze and heard that… Read More ›
TORCHING THE LENTILS
I followed the directions. I turned the induction cooker all the way down to 1. Before a half an hour had gone by, the cooker was beeping “WARNING WARNING, DRY POT!” Sure enough, it was dry and beginning to burn…. Read More ›
#FOTD – HOLIDAY FLOWERS
FOTD – December 23 – HOLIDAY FLOWERS Christmas cactus and Poinsettias are the ones I seem to collect annually.
