My friend Anne, with whom I’ve been in a book club for nearly ten years now, alerted me to the fact that Central Connecticut State…
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My friend Anne, with whom I’ve been in a book club for nearly ten years now, alerted me to the fact that Central Connecticut State…
I’m not much for resolutions but I do have some goals for this year. Finish ROX #96. Really need to wrap this one up. It’s…
Inspired by my old compatriot Joe Nickell, who is now an arts writer out in Montana, I commissioned local artist Jane Brewster to paint a…
Property tax bills are coming out in New Orleans right now. But this is not about that. I finally beat my father-in-law at Scrabble. The…
The time has come … for destroying those who destroy the earth. Revelation 11:18 (New International Version, ©1984)
I just got an e-mail from Steve Scalise with the subject line “Carrying out the will of the American people.” In this message he says:…
Yes, it’s that time again. As I’ve noted here before, Twelfth Night is traditionally observed on January 6th in New Orleans, but in other places…
I’ve produced quite a bit of video in my day — well over a hundred programs, though probably less than a hundred hours all told. I…
This might be a good year to reflect on the virtues of the number eleven. It is surely one of the coolest numbers. Sandwiched between…
Cards, cards, cards. We had 25 holiday greeting cards printed. When I drew up a complete mailing list (after the fact, stupid, I know) I realized we needed twice that number. But it’s all good, because in point of fact we only actually mailed a dozen or so cards before time got away from us and oops, here it is the new year already.
Cards needed: 50
Cards ordered: 25
Cards actually mailed: 12
So if you didn’t get a card from us, please don’t feel slighted. We fully intended to send you one, and it’s the thought that counts, right?
Xy got ambitious yesterday and did a whole stack of thank-you cards. Hopefully we’ll get those out in a timely fashion. Hopefully we didn’t forget anyone. We’re trying to send a card to everyone who gave us a gift over the holiday — and there were so many.
My new year seemed to be getting off to an auspicious start. We ran around a candle on the neutral ground at midnight; we ate…
I didn’t really know Betts, but I know Gentilly Girl, who has also been a regular commenter on this blog, and so I am reposting…
For what it’s worth (probably not much) ever since my daughter was born we’ve approached the New Year a little differently. The new year just…