Share Your World 9th January 2023 I thought today was Martin Luther King Day because since I retired, I have no idea what day of the week or month it is. Regardless, MLK day is more a “school” than a work… Read More ›
Holidays
FIVE GREAT GIFTS
5 Gifts I Love Getting Any of these gifts will never go to waste nor will they ever be “regifted.” No books. I’m sorry to say we have no room for any more. The ones we have are already exploding… Read More ›
LA PROVOCONTE QUESTION
Fandango’s Provocative Question #196 The question is: What was the most unusual, unique, weirdest, or most useless holiday gift you received this year? Please feel free to substitute birthday or other occasion gift if that works better for you. I have… Read More ›
WORLD SHARING ON BOXING DAY
Share Your World 26th December It’s the last Share Your World of 2022. Thoughts as always of Melanie and how she is missed by so many. If you have been given a variety of gifts, do you have a clear out… Read More ›
FA LA LA LA LA ON CHRISTMAS DAY
We had a lovely Christmas Eve. Our child has grown up. Kaity is now closer to 30 than 20, so we were “kid-less,” unless you want to count Sandy’s puppy (who regardless of being assured of being trained on “pee-pee… Read More ›
“THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS” or “A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS”
By CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE Read it aloud! After all these years, this is still one of the great read-aloud poems. I used to know the entire poem by heart. Now, I remember about half of it and need reminders from… Read More ›
THE END OF CHANUKAH AND TODAY IT’S CHRISTMAS EVE
It’s nice when the two holiday conjoin or overlap. Tonight was the final night of Chanukah and tomorrow, Christmas Eve. So if you’re celebrating anything, have a great holiday weekend! Happy Chanukah! May your dreidels win you more chocolate (wrapped… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS YET TO COME
My Top 10 Christmas Songs – Young Artists Edition – Rich Paschall From the time your Halloween pumpkin turned to mush on your front porch until now, Christmas music has been playing everywhere. As we have noted on past Top… Read More ›
HOLIDAY NIGHTS, HOLIDAY LIGHTS
CMMC – December Pick a Topic from my Photo Lights, a cute penguin, holiday lights and holiday nights …
WHERE DID 2022 GO?
Share Your World 19th December Talk about time going fast! This year has sped by so quickly I almost can’t remember it. I remember fall because it was short and beautiful. I remember the drought because nothing grew except strangling weeds…. Read More ›
THANK GOODNESS IT’S SUNDAY
TGIF ~ Hey, it’s almost Christmas! I missed Friday because for some reason, I was sure it was Thursday. So here we are and it’ i’s Sunday. I must have completely missed Friday and moved directly to Saturday from what… Read More ›
BLUE CHRISTMAS
My Top 10 Sad Christmas Songs, Rich Paschall While you are dashing through the snow, listening to jingle bells and silver bells all the way, and enjoying the winter wonderland, you may be thinking of joyous music. After all,… Read More ›
ANOTHER WORLD SHARE – IT’S WINTER!
Share Your World 12th December With an actual snow this morning, I think it’s definitely winter now, though it could warm up again. It’s hard to know what kind of weather we are getting here even before climate change made it… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
For the past couple of years, COVID stole our season. This year, it’s a double whammy of not feeling well and inflation. The inflation isn’t based on anything real, mind you. The actual price of a barrel of oil hasn’t… Read More ›
UXBRIDGE BY NIGHT by GARRY ARMSTRONG
They haven’t put up the holiday lights yet. They usually do it at the beginning of December, so if it doesn’t snow too much, early next week the lights will go up. Hope everybody had a good holiday, no matter… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD
An International Flavor, by Rich Paschall As you are driving around in your car or walking through the mall, you may be hearing the same holiday tunes you have heard for years, decades perhaps. While I enjoy hearing, Bing, Nat,… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 