Share Your World on a Snowy Day – 12-3-19 It started snowing yesterday afternoon and hasn’t stopped yet. Sometimes, the snow has been mixed with rain and other times, it has been the “two inches per hour” blinding snow. It’s… Read More ›
Holidays
RAIN RAIN GO AWAY. PLEASE! — Marilyn Armstrong
Not only do I not feel well, but it has been pouring all week. Well, technically, it’s only “raining lightly” right now, but when I look out the window, it doesn’t look like “light” anything. It’s not only raining heavily,… Read More ›
CHICAGO CHRISTMAS – Rich Paschall
aka Chicago XXXVII, Rich Paschall By now you have probably heard a lot of familiar Christmas music. It might be adding to the background noise at the mall. You may be hearing it in your auto on your Christmas radio… Read More ›
SKULKING IN THE SHADOWS — Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Skulk This is one of those words that sounds like what it means. Skulking in the shadows in the darkened alleys of Gotham. Bwa-ha-ha-ha! The man in the black coat and fedora gum-shoeing after him. And somewhere,… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS EVE 2018 – Garry Armstrong
It was a very enjoyable Christmas Eve. A drama free (dee-lish) dinner. Everyone enjoyed their gifts including the furry kids who hadn’t destroyed their toys as of Christmas morning. I had a long and delightful phone chat with my family…. Read More ›
RUDOLPH AND OTHER STORIES OF CHRISTMAS SONGS – Rich Paschall
Some of the stories behind our favorite Christmas songs, by Rich Paschall I did not know Dasher, Dancer and the gang until I learned the song. Of course, I learned it rather young, so perhaps no one had a chance to… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your Merry World 12-10-18 What’s the worst topping you could put on popcorn? (credit to Teresa for this one) Anything other than salt and maybe butter. But I can’t eat it anymore. Too slivery for aging gums. In what country did Silent Night… Read More ›
THE POST-EVENT CRASH – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Saturday – CRASH I noticed in the definition that my favorite slang definition of a “crash” is missing. It’s the exhausted collapse after a busy week, weekend, vacation, or period of travel. Or really, any major festivity. When you get… Read More ›
TWO CAROLS FOR OUR HOLIDAYS – Marilyn Armstrong
As the weird, right-wing Christians endlessly complain about how they can’t say “Merry Christmas,” while the rest of us try to keep our heads low and avoid getting bombarded by Christmas? For us, there is Tom Lehrer and a few… Read More ›
SHARING THE WORLD, THANKSGIVING EDITION – Marilyn Armstrong
Share Your Thankful World Are you an Early to bed, early-to-rise person, a night owl, and daytime sleeper-dozer, or an ‘I’ll sleep when I’m dead’ person? Age has made me reconsider the idea of sleep. I need to get some or… Read More ›
SNOW AND THE HOLIDAYS – Marilyn Armstrong
Today and tomorrow are doctor visit days for Garry. His three-month surgical checkup for his ear and a stress test for his heart … so I’m writing ahead because I’m just not going to be around. Hope you don’t mind…. Read More ›
ROLL BACK THE CALENDAR! I’M NOT READY! – Marilyn Armstrong
RDP Wednesday – Not the Holidays again! “Oh no,” I cried. “Not again!” Bad enough that summer was nothing but a giant rainstorm … but it’s November and you know what that means! Holidays. I am even more unready for… Read More ›
PLEASE DON’T PASS THE TURKEY – Marilyn Armstrong
For the past few years, there has been an increasing clamor to make everything shut down for Thanksgiving, supposedly so everyone can spend time with their family. Nice, well-meaning sentiment, on the face of it. Except for all the people… Read More ›
JEWISH AT CHRISTMAS – ELLIN CURLEY
Being Jewish during the Christmas season is like being a kid with your nose pressed up against the window of a candy store while all the other kids are inside eating candy. No matter how hard Jewish parents try to jazz… Read More ›
CHRISTMAS SONGS TO RETIRE – RICH PASCHALL
Are You Tired of Those Holiday Tunes Yet? – Rich Paschall There are plenty of “Novelty” Christmas songs. As a matter of fact there are far too many. Some are amusing to the point of being endearing. Some are a bit weird or odd… Read More ›
UP THE CHRISTMAS TREE
This year, finally, I added lights to our tiny tree. I wanted them before, but they were always too expensive. This year, I bought 6 sets of tiny LED lights for about $4. I wrapped them around the tree …… Read More ›
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN
They are at it again, the annual “lets make EVERYONE SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS.” Not that anyone was ever prevented from saying it, mind you … or that every celebrates it, either. The leaves have just changed and I don’t know… Read More ›
WHAT’S “TRADITIONAL”?
There was a time … long, long ago … when I had traditions. Celebrating Passover. The rituals of Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Day. New Years Eve and New Year’s Day Feasting. The decorating and piling presents under the tree. Carving… Read More ›
DESTINATION: FRIENDSHIP
A Trip to Alsace, Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog In the eastern part of France, along the Rhine River and the borders of Germany and Switzerland, lies the region known as Alsace. The colorful history and culture of this area… 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 ›
A CHRISTMAS STORY – GARRY ARMSTRONG
A SIMPLE GESTURE CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING Marilyn had been doing battle for days with UPS and FEDEX about vanished Christmas deliveries. It was frustrating and not funny. Her frustration got to me too, since I can’t help fight this particular battle. It finally… Read More ›
A SIMPLE GESTURE – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Marilyn has been doing battle with UPS for two days about Christmas packages lost in transit. It’s been frustrating and not especially funny Abbott and Costello 48 hours for Marilyn. Her frustration gets transferred to me because I can’t help. It finally… Read More ›
WHERE’S MY PACKAGE? RECONSTRUCTING AN EVENT
It’s the season of so many things, but one of the biggest is shopping online. This is when we need packages to arrive on time. So, of course, this is exactly when they are most likely to disappear. I got three… Read More ›
THANKSGIVING IS NOT EVERYONE’S HOLIDAY
For the past few years, there has been an increasing clamor to make everything shut down for Thanksgiving, supposedly so everyone can spend time with their family. Nice, well-meaning sentiment, on the face of it. Except for all the people… Read More ›
