as sentimental as i am, i've never been one for a nostalgic christmas tree. i've always gone for the carefully placed, curated, perfectly...

DECEMBER 2021 - White Christmases are rare in my part of the country. You’re far more likely to have the windows open and the air...

DECEMBER 2018 - I’ve already established, in past blogs, that I’m not for skipping past Thanksgiving to go straight into Christmas the...

DECEMBER 2017 - A rare, early-December snow coupled with an unexpected complication or two landed me in front of a warm fire getting lost...

NOVEMBER 2017 - It’s two days before Thanksgiving, and I am as giddy as a kid on Christmas Eve. My boy, my musician, my college...

DECEMBER 2016 - Maybe it’s because we are living in such combative times, coming off a contentious election where every soul with an...

DECEMBER 2016 - All too often in these materialistic days, the commercial and social aspects of the Christmas season have tended to...

SEPTEMBER 2016 - On September 13, my boy moves from the teen years into his 20s. Just TYPING that sentence was painful. This boy can’t be...

DECEMBER 2015 - This holiday didn't turn out like I thought it would. I have been told that Christmas is for kids and that the magic of...

Somewhere in a dusty box is a crayon drawing on construction paper, a Christmas card I drew for my mom 40 years ago. It was a gift, but,...