Monthly Archives: December 2013

SINCE THE AGE OF 92, RUTH HAS COMMITTED TO WEEKLY PILATES CLASSES. SHE ALSO HAS A MEAN SENSE OF STYLE. 1. “Don’t look at the calendar. Just keep celebrating every day.” 2. “Invest in quality pieces, they never go out of style.” … Continue reading →

The Cusp of the Old Year Today is Christmas Eve. In some ways, I still feel the way I did as a child in the 1950’s, in awe of this season of transformation, and in other ways I have learned … Continue reading →

Christ Climbed Down by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a Favorite Christmas Poem Christmas isn’t really over until January 6, which the Christian church calls Epiphany, observed as the church festival in commemoration of the coming of the Magi as the first manifestation … Continue reading →

Three Winter Poems by John Bolinger   Prose Fragments in a Cigar Box Aunt Vie had blue mirrors in her house and a mohair sofa with her imprint on the center cushion. I used to stay over on Saturday nights … Continue reading →

A Holiday Story by friend Charlotte’s friend Helen The following narrative was sent to me by my friend Charlotte.  A woman named Helen is the author.  This time of year we all discover little stories that touch us in some way.  … Continue reading →

“Christmas Is a Time” — Kukla, Fran and Ollie I was delighted last year to discover on YouTube a video of an excerpt from The Kukla, Fran, and Ollie Show from about 1950.  The show was based in Chicago and featured a … Continue reading →

‘A Christmas Recollection’ from memoir All My Lazy Rivers   by John Bolinger Chapter 21…All My Lazy Rivers A Christmas Recollection “We write these words now, many miles distant from the spot at which, year after year, we met on that … Continue reading →

Animals Sing ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ I have played this over and over again.  It never fails to delight me and to make me laugh aloud.  Jupiter the white cat is my favorite.  He gets tired of the whole thing … Continue reading →

Christmas with Louise, an unusual holiday dinner guest  This is an article submitted to a 1999 Louisville Sentinel contest, to find out who had the wildest Christmas dinners.  This won first prize, and I have been reading it every year since … Continue reading →

An Incomplete List of Fantastic Christmastime Movies I’ve seen many Christmas movies, including newer ones that are still being made.  I’m not sure why my favorites are “older” ones from 1945-1983, but I think it may have something to do … Continue reading →