For those of you who aren't me…and I've noticed a surprisingly large number of people who aren't.
Holiday Spirits Ohh, how I love the holiday season. I love it all; The dinners, The eggnog, The carols, The brandy-soaked treats, The decorations, The peppermint schnapps, The shopping, The holiday ales, and of course the fact that we get together so often with friends to drink bourbon. Yep, I love it. (hic) Excuse me. …
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The Ghost Of Christmas Past My grandmother used to tell us about Christmas when she was a little girl. Apparently, they cleaned the whole house, and set up their tree on Christmas Eve. They actually had real candles on that tree to light it up. I guess pine trees weren’t flammable back then. Well, either …
A few words about nature I don’t want to get into a great philosophical discussion about this, but the natural world confuses me. It’s not the colors because I like those, so I’ve decided they can stay. That’s pretty nice of me, I think. It’s not that different trees have different leaves. If they all …
Something for all the poetry lovers A nature poem from the pen, or more likely the computer, of the famed poet Mista Angel-Ohh! “If I were a bird I’d say Tweet, Tweet, Tweet. I’d go to the feeder, and Eat, Eat, Eat. Tasting yummy seeds, I’d think Yes, Yes, Yes. And proceed to make a …
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My Grandparents tradition My grandparents had a seven-foot, aluminum foil, Christmas tree every year. It stood on a base that spun it around. On it hung blue and green balls, nothing else. Above it was a yellow light and below was a spinning thing that changed the floodlight illuminating it from red to blue to …
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I opened my mail today. Not e-mail, this was an official looking envelope with a stamp and everything. The letter was from Greenpeace. I was going to ignore it. Greenpeace usually only sends letters for two reasons: Donations or they want you to help blockade an oil tanker in a rubber boat. Now I don’t …
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