Monthly Archives: December 2013

Some of the Best Advice…from People 100 Years Old

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

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Cusp of the Old Year…

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

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A Favorite Christmas Poem…

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

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Three Winter Poems…

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

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Another Little Christmas Narrative…

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

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From Christmas Past…

“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

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A Bit of Yuletide Hoosier Nostalgia

‘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

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Pets and Christmas Carols…

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

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A Little Christmas Story…

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

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Some of My Favorite Christmas Movies

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

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