Just For Fun Friday 12/06/13
The Color of Christmas There’s a bright color at this time of year that gladdens our hearts and fills us with cheer – Red velvet curtains held back by Red knots, Red tablecloths glitter with Red sequined dots, and the mantel is draped with Red felt, shaped like socks. Red cider warms us, […]
The Write List (you can groan now…)
For me, Christmas shopping is an exercise in restraint. When asked “What do you want for Christmas?”, I can’t think of a darned thing. But when I’m shopping for others, all sorts of things entice me. I could break my budget buying one for her, one for me, one for him, one for me, one for… My […]
Just For Fun Friday 11/29/13
It’s Black Friday. Are you participating in the madness? Black Friday wasn’t always a day that got our hearts thumping. It was originally associated with a financial crisis of 1869. Hmm…in the long run, not much has changed, has it? Jumping forward in history, the earliest reference of Black Friday to the shopping day after […]
A Season For Everything
Aaah…the ‘holiday season’. Time for giving thanks, blessings, and gifts. Time for reflecting on what we did, what we wanted to do but didn’t, what we will do next year – and deciding Ham or Turkey and if sweet potatoes should have marshmallows on top. Time for getting together, being alone, deciding which in-laws get […]
Just For Fun Friday 11/22/13
There are a few gift catalogs I look forward to receiving this time of year, just for the fun of browsing. One of them in particular contains a wide variety of unusual gifts, many related to my favorite things – writing, cats, and coffee. It offers mugs, posters, wall plaques, hats, garden and patio decorations, and […]
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