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Category Archives: Holidays
Blue Lights
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 →
The Cowpigdeerturducken Thanksgiving Parade Dream
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 →
New Year’s Eve: Rudy Goes For the Toothpaste
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 →
Post Christmasitis
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 →
The Christmas Bone
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 →
No Reindeer Were Harmed In the Writing of This Story
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
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?
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
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 →
Our Rotten Turkey
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.