Sometimes we don’t immediately recognize them—those low-keyed saints who come marching through our lives. But this holiday season, I’ve made a conscious effort to be more mindful of the myriad of people who help make my own bumpy life function just a little bit...
By dinking around on the Internet, I’ve found some pretty interesting holiday puzzles, games, and rebuses to entertain my friends at parties over the years. This year, I located a really challenging Christmas Song Quiz. Maybe too challenging! Here’s a sampling: The...
On “Black Friday,” the official start to holiday shopping season, I was working the Grange Bazaar. To set the tone, I completed my outfit with a bright holiday hat and a pair of festive metal star-shaped Santa earrings. When a former student of mine came in, I was...
The mind is never idle, and as I sat the last six weekends at six different holiday bazaars, it occurred to me that The Lavender Lady, often setting up her wares at a table near mine, was always dressed in lavender. What a concept, huh? I immediately wanted a...
Okay, raise your hand if you’ve ever inadvertently knocked over your Christmas tree. Uh-huh, I thought so. Me too. The latest of which, quite fortunately, was PRIOR to decorating the gorgeous monolith now standing precariously in my living room. I’m not ready to say...
