Category Archives: Holidays

Blue Lights

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Terry Taylor

On my way home from the grocery store, after I called my son to excitedly tell him about the new donut shop that just opened next to the pharmacy, I caught site of the man beside the road. He was … Continue reading →

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The Cowpigdeerturducken Thanksgiving Parade Dream

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Terry Taylor

I have strange dreams around holidays. The one about Santa and a family of elf zombies kept me freaked for days. The pumpkins and nuns dream still bothers me on Halloween. My most recent dream fits today’s holiday if you … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve: Rudy Goes For the Toothpaste

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Terry Taylor

How he got into the bathroom is not as much of a mystery as I would like to believe. I had let him in, not thinking about his deviousness and skills. He whined, I caved, he watched me shave. And … Continue reading →

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Post Christmasitis

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Terry Taylor

In case you haven’t noticed, there is only one very unholiday-like tune for the cold lull after Christmas, and you just heard Merle sing it. Post Christmasitis affects a lot of people. Blurry vision may start the decent into this … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Bone

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Terry Taylor

A while back, our notorious Jack Russell, Rudy (http://twitter.com/Rudythejack), was injured and laid up in bad shape for several weeks. Here he is, back to his snarly self on Christmas Eve, with one of the many gifts from his friends. … Continue reading →

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No Reindeer Were Harmed In the Writing of This Story

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Terry Taylor

South Alabama, between Mobile and Dothan and north of Pensacola, is a rural place filled with deer, rabbits, alligators, foxes, squirrels, bobcats, panthers and even an off-course bear or two. There are no reindeer. Not officially. This fact never stopped … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Goose Comes Early

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Saturday shoppers strut through Tyson’s Corner mall. Christmas is in two weeks. You can see the building stress in their faces. The line for Santa is long and coughing and features a juggling elf amid a gauntlet of snotty sleeves … Continue reading →

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It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year?

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Let’s all gather around the fake tree – the tattered Tannenbaum that no one will want to take down in January – and pretend we can’t wait to watch “A Christmas Story” for 24 straight hours on tbs. Fah-ra-ra-ra-ra. It’s … Continue reading →

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Black Friday Desperation

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Terry Taylor

5:24 am, Black Friday, checkout line, a crowded Walmart near Richmond, Virginia. People throng like bleary-eyed zombies to get an early bird grip on items like a Ronco Rocker Showtime Stainless Steel Stamped 20-piece knife set for only $20. “That’s … Continue reading →

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Our Rotten Turkey

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Thanksgiving is built around the idea of being thankful, and that premise worked right up until I ripped open the plastic sheathing on our fresh bird to find something truly foul. Eating turkey on Thanksgiving this year will be difficult. … Continue reading →

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Smoked Angus, Burnt Wieners and God Bless America

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Terry Taylor

In mid afternoon, the National Weather Service in Wakefield, Virginia issued an air quality alert. The Weather Bug app on my Droid relayed this stifling event to me. The message was like a tornado warning except instead of twisting air, … Continue reading →

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Riding the 4th of July Stretcher

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Terry Taylor

Clear, blue skies pushed choking humidity to the last 20 feet above the crabgrass. That way, even tall people on a ladder or a drunk sitting in a lawn chair on top of his RV could feel it. Temps flirted … Continue reading →

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Sniffing Around The Christmas Tree

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  Christmas morning 1972. Smells of link sausage hang above a table filling with grits, eggs, cathead biscuits and homemade jelly from the blueberry bush out back. The aroma of Prell shampoo sneaks out from under the bathroom door and … Continue reading →

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Meat? Log? Both?

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  I get a lot of catalogs this time of year. They are filled with fruitcakes, hams, smoked turkeys, cheese, jelly, cookies shaped like Santa, etc. So what do they do with this stuff come January? Hopefully they don’t save … Continue reading →

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34 Bowl Games Is Not Enough

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Terry Taylor

  Go to ESPN or Sports Illustrated and check out the college bowl games this year. There are 33 of them. We all know the Rose, Orange and Sugar Bowls. We know about the BCS Championship game. I’ll get excited … Continue reading →

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