I can’t think of any way to beat out Dr. Seuss on this one: “And the Grinch, with his Grinch feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling–‘How could it be so? It came without ribbon! It came without tags! It came without [Read more…]

I’m heading up to Alabama in the morning to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my extended family there. It’s always the first step in the holiday season and I look forward to it–I don’t even mind the nine hour drive (that much)! Anyhow, here’s to [Read more…]

I know it’s not quite Thanksgiving yet…but I put up my Christmas tree tonight. My defense is simple–family tradition dictates that the Christmas tree goes up the weekend after Thanksgiving unless we are going to be out of town that weekend, in which case earlier [Read more…]

It’s hard to believe that Christmas is finally upon us. To me it always seems as though the first ten months of the year drag on for ages, but once you reach November 1st, the Earth steps up its rotation like it’s trying to win [Read more…]