Ok, men, here it comes: December 24th! Get ready… get set… start your credit cards! It’s time to begin your Christmas shopping! Of course women have had their purchases all wrapped and under the tree for weeks, but there seems to be some form of genetic...
Mother wrapped piles of Christmas presents each year. She wrapped and wrapped and wrapped. At the same time, she did her best to keep us four kids out from under the tree, where we’d shake each parcel and try to guess what made that funny rattle. One Christmas...
Someone once asked me if I aimed to be the Perle Mesta of the West Coast. Of course, I had to immediately google Perle Mesta before I could respond appropriately. Lest you forget, or if you just need a quick reminder, Perle Mesta was most noted for her parties, which...
Last Christmas I was asked to share some of my holiday stories with the Bayside Singers, a local volunteer choir right here on the Long Beach Peninsula in southwest Washington state. They matched my stories, and those of others, to seasonal song selections and twice...
“You did what?” I asked my friend Anna Marie, certain that the static on our phone connection had garbled the message. “I hung the Christmas tree from the ceiling,” she repeated. “Oh… Ok… I’ve also tied mine to the ceiling to keep it from tipping over many...
