Time and Perspective

Here we are a year older with a few accidental flashes of wisdom in tow. The Old Year hobbles off stage while the cherubic and diaper-wearing New Year totters into our lives. It seems he is a born partier and had one too many before making his grand entrance. Unlike...

Holiday Romance Movies

To some, television is a waste of time. For others, it is a way to escape from reality. But even for romantics, Christmas Romance Movies can be puzzling if not taken with a spoonful of salt. On occasion, this writer binge-watches defunct television series. Otherwise,...

A Tale of Christmas Trees

There was a time when people decorated real trees for Christmas. For illumination, people clipped candles onto the tree branches and lit them. As the trees dried out, they became flammable. Our tree burned when this writer was around four years old. The parents ran a...

Donkey Serenade

There is a reason “friends” inundate your email and social media pages with what they think are cute animal pictures. In truth, animals are almost as much fun to watch as humans. Some might say animals are preferable to humans. Anthropomorphism, attributing human...