The Old Oak and the Christmas Tree Place – In search of the perfect Christmas tree “One hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, how big my house was, or what kind of car I drove; but the world may be a little better because I was important in the… Read More »
I’m feeling Scroogy today. I went to the local drug store yesterday morning to get something and Christmas music was playing. The store was decorated in its glittering Christmas best. This drug store was the last great holdout. When I say drug store, I must qualify that. This store was nothing like the drug stores of my youth.… Read More »
I don’t mind those first few cold days of winter. I think the pristine whiteness of that first measurable snowfall is beautiful – and the newly white world serene and breathtaking. I like the way the sound cracks in the cold, clear, crisp air and I love to look at the skeletons of the summer trees when they… Read More »
With a single flake of snow, winter begins. Like that first faint shadow of twilight, we hardly take notice of it. The autumn leaves, glorious and resplendent, catch our attention as we hurry through our lives; but that first flake of snow is the sentry of winter and we like to pretend it is not there. We go… Read More »
Darcy and I have differing opinions on Windows 8. She thinks it’s great, I think Microsoft made a huge mistake. In typical Microsoft fashion, they decided to make a one-size-fits-all operating system. Apple makes a different operating system for its phones and tablets than the one it uses on its laptops and desktops. Microsoft seems to want to… Read More »
When I think of Thanksgiving, I think of myself as a young boy, watching the Thanksgiving parade on television; mom busy in the kitchen preparing our Thanksgiving dinner and the feeling of love all around. I remember a gray, cold and cloudy day; the steamy windows that cooking made and snowflakes in the air. This was my best… Read More »