Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
It’s just a tree in a city full of them. But, like all great trees, the one in City Park symbolizes so much more. And now, thanks to some hard work on a brutally gusty day, a community effort and a responsive government, it has an even brighter story to tell. I’m so grateful the [...]
Here’s to the real Christmas elves — the line waver-ins who have genuine grins, the keepers of inns with an open front door. And to the true Kringles — the envelope slippers, the Christmas tree clippers, the holiday shippers of things we adore. A toast to pure Clauses — the low spirit lifters who console [...]
My family members are some of the bravest people I know. But not one of them will get anywhere near me when it’s time to hang the Christmas lights. They hide as far away as they can get – two of them have even left the continent – until the coast is clear. I’m not [...]
It dawned on me as I tramped through the woods on a brisk Sunday afternoon, that some of the most beautiful Christmas trees don't need any decorations at all. In fact, one I spotted as I rounded a corner near a pond, looked even more stunning than the Rockefeller Christmas Tree. Wearing a regal white [...]
How fortunate that throughout the ages of reason, December's magic prevails. You see it everywhere -- on modest lawns brilliant with holiday displays, in the twinkle of a crossing guard's eye, within the arms of a high school Santa Claus, in a tidy stall of a brand new stable. December's magic rises like the moon [...]