I wasn’t sure I had the strength to write anything tonight. Owen and I spent the day in the kitchen. We made a brisket — half a brisket because the whole thing was big enough to feed at least eight… Read More ›
Holidays
#FPQ – OH CARELESS LOVE
Fandango’s Provocative Question #108 From the internationally famous Fandango comes this Valentine’s Day question: I hate the fuss and fury made over Valentine’s day. I thought it was fun when I was in third grade and we got to cut out… Read More ›
I AM HOME – By RICH PASCHALL
A piece of home alone fiction by Rich Paschall The alarm went off at 6 am as usual. Instead of hitting the snooze bar, George turned off the alarm and got up. It was Wednesday, trash collection day in the small… Read More ›
OLD LONG SINCE – RICH PASCHALL
Goodbye and Good Riddance, by Rich Paschall When 2020 finally comes screeching to a halt, no one is going to say what a wonderful year it was. No one will wish to live it again. There is nothing good to… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
CHRISTMAS AND A PHOTO A WEEK
A Photo a Week Challenge: Christmas We did a little more Christmas this year: we actually put lights up on top of the tractor. It promptly snowed and now, the lights are on and the snow atop the tractor glows. No… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS YET TO COME
My Top Ten Christmas Songs, Young Artists Edition, By Rich Paschall From the time your Halloween pumpkin turned to mush on your front porch until now, you have been hearing Christmas music in the stores, on the radio and television,… Read More ›
GARRY SHARES HIS WORLD TOO
Share Your World 12-17-2020 News events WERE my world for more than 40 years, 31 years at Channel 7 in Boston, 3 years at ABC Network (New York), and 2 years in Hartford, Connecticut when I was making the jump… Read More ›
