As cliché as it sounds: Gosh, how fast this year flew by. It’s hard to believe 2022 is almost over. Lots of good things have happened. Lots of sad things have happened. As in any year. I hope you feel good about more things in your life than not. And I hope the things you’re…
Tag: holidays
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Story
Holidays in Books
Our neighbors to the north recently celebrated Canada Day. Here in the US we have the 4th of July next Monday. It used to be one of my favorite holidays as a kid. My dad always set off fireworks, and we ate fried chicken and potato salad. Um um good. I’ve had THE THEATRE on…
Black Friday
Do you go out and hit the malls and store or internet to get the best deals today? Well, not just today, since this Black Friday began a week ago and goes through Monday, officially Cyber Monday. My husband’s Aunt Virginia was a big Black Friday shopper back in the day, when it really was…
Happy Hanukkah & Merry Christmas Eve
I’ve always loved when these two holidays fall at the same time. They don’t always since Hanukkah shifts around during the months of November and December. But there’s something magical (or especially spiritual) when they fall the way they have in 2019. Hanukkah began Sunday and runs through Saturday. Today is Christmas Eve followed by…
Writing Family
Saturday, I went to my writing chapter holiday party. We wore our crazy Christmas sweaters, and did a White Elephant Gift Exchange using “ugly” ornaments. I’d found an ornament that was a small green sweater with snowflakes on the sleeves. Seemed appropriate. We’ve met in the La Hacienda Restaurant for many years now. It takes…
A Holiday Break
Every year, I travel to a small town with friends for a weekend of girl-time (clarification-without husbands). You know the kind—where we hash out our problems, catch up on our families, delve into what’s new, discuss books we’ve read, where we’ve traveled. Life stuff. But we go to this specific town for the Christmas…
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