Burlap is both earthy and irredescent at the same time. The rough texture and irregularities of the fiber, mix within this see-through luminosity to create a blanket of polar opposites that draws me in. I can’t resist this fabric. Especially at Christmas. Christmas too is both earthy and iridescent at the same time. We speak [...]
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On the surface, Advent seems to be running smoothly, without a hitch. The cookies for two cookie exchange parties are partially done, sitting in my freezer. The On the surface, Advent seems to be running smoothly, without a hitch. The cookies for two cookie exchange parties are partially done, sitting in my freezer. The Guinness [...]
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After the tree was decorated and I went to sleep, my Mom would sneak to the Christmas tree and wrap the lights in angel hair — my entire favorite part of the Christmas tree. Angel hair went out with tinsel icicles, and is very rare to find today. But my Mom saved one last box [...]
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Later, she would tell me how relieved she was not to find me greeting her at the door wearing a housecoat, with curlers in my hair and a cigarette hanging out of my mouth. She found my number from a flier I had posted at the university’s school of education. While she needed and wanted [...]
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My son has spent more than half of his lifetime as Batman. He also likes to de-construct, and re-construct things. He wants LEGO Batman The Batcave. Why shouldn’t he? The price, if you haven’t checked, is well over $600. This is the point where Christmas, joy and good tidings begin to unravel for me. My [...]
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So, he emptied the entire contents of silly putty into his hair. It stuck. Very nicely. Just so you know, when you do a google search on “silly putty in hair” you will find two solutions. The first one is rubbing alcohol, or hand sanitizer. This will work, but it requires more tugging of the [...]
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The boys found this blue parking ticket in the box while they were resurrecting my vintage album. This is from my little town’s Sesqui-Centennial, the town’s 150th Anniversary. This is the only token from that celebration that happened sometime in the 1960s. No photograph or colorful flier from the celebration could be found. Yet, the [...]
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Last weekend I cleaned up the garden, folded in some leaves to mulch the soil for next spring. Then, I pulled out the shovel and started planting my garlic – yes I know – should have been planted weeks ago, but life happens. While raking in the leaves, I noticed big white seeds – about [...]
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