Preface: This essay was written in 2008 and it remains one of our favorites. We’ve made some changes to it. We keep updating it. It is now more a short story than an essay. Every time we re-read it we are reminded of the truly important things in life. Maybe after reading it, you too will come away a… Read More »
Winter The Christmas decorations are packed away for another year. The streets that were bright with lights and decorations have faded back to their dark and cold countenance. It’s no longer Christmastime. It’s no longer “the Holidays”. It’s now just winter – and it’s time I faced up to it. Winter is death incarnate. Its bleak sullen skies… Read More »
A New Year’s Carol 2017 I am one who adores Christmas, but despises “New Year’s” and all that comes with it. You may wish to call me the “Scrooge” of New Year’s and if that’s your mind, then so be it. New Year’s Eve? Bah! Humbug! It always seems to me that the day after Christmas, when the… Read More »
New Year’s Eve In My Boring Life If you like pointed hats, confetti, and cocktails, then I suggest you not read any further; for I am the Ebenezer Scrooge of New Year’s Eve. If there were such things as ghosts of New Year’s past, present and future, they certainly would have haunted me by now. I suppose it… Read More »
Every year at this short stretch of time between Christmas and the beginning of the new year, it’s natural to reflect upon the year that is drawing to a close and the new year which has yet to begin. We look back some of us with good memories, happy memories, others with bad memories, sad memories, and most… Read More »
Keep Christmas Well It’s Christmas Eve. And if you’re lucky, you are gathering with your family and friends to celebrate the Joy and Love that Christmas brings. Not everyone is that lucky, though. Many are spending Christmas alone. Some are homeless and some are sick. And then there are those like me who have raised a family. My… Read More »