The History of the Christmas Tree – The Real Story After doing some research, it’s obvious to me that, to this point, no one really knew how this whole Christmas tree thing got started. It’s not like someone picked up a pen and kept notes. But I did some digging, and I can now tell you… Read More »
A Magical Thanksgiving When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of myself as a young boy, watching the Thanksgiving parade on television; mom busy in the kitchen preparing our Thanksgiving dinner, and the feeling of love all around. I remember a gray, cold, and cloudy day; the steamy windows that cooking made and snowflakes in the… Read More »
Caring for a Dead Turkey 2021 Dead turkeys make lousy pets. It’s just a week before Thanksgiving. And here in the good, old, US of A, for many people that means it’s turkey time. In order to keep you safe this Thanksgiving we wanted to publish this highly useful, eclectic guide, so you’d have all these… Read More »
Lighthouse In the late afternoon, on so many summer days, the old man would sit with me in still silence. Clouds scattered and majestically moving crossed the sky as I sat on the rocks, fishing pole in hand, waiting and waiting for a fish to bite. The smell of the old man’s pipe was pleasant. The… Read More »
Walking Through Autumn In my tiny part of the world, autumn has settled in. On some days this autumn, like this one, walking outside feels like walking in summer. No jacket, no hat, the sun warm on my face. And if not for the strange slant of the sunlight, I could easily believe that it… Read More »
I’m Lucky Life is full of surprises and a lot of twists and turns. And I’m old enough to know that life is not fair. So what? I just roll with the punches. Life is not easy, and life is not fair, and anyone young enough to believe that it is, will find out quickly how… Read More »