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It seems a bit like fall, despite recent warm weather. The nights are cool here in Santa Clarita and the days are certainly shorter. I’m not looking forward to the end of Daylight Savings Time because I am not a morning person. The house is looking festive. I’ll show you some decorations. I turned a …
It’s funny the things I remember from my early childhood. We lived in a house on Hesby Street in North Hollywood, California, until I was four. While I don’t recollect much about that time, I recall the way the street lights shone on the front yard on hot summer nights. I remember the view from …
Years ago, a co-worker gifted me a VHS tape about napkin-folding. It seemed an odd gift at the time. My husband laughed when I showed him. That tape ended up getting a real workout. It was some time later when I became interested in elaborate table-setting. How did my co-worker know me so well as …
I enjoyed looking at our decorations more this year than I have in a long time. I took delight in standing back to observe the Christmas tree—the ugly ornaments would have been too obvious had I stood closer. The elf shrine was lit up day and night. One of my last decorating efforts was the …
What’s your most memorable Christmas gift ever? I’m not talking about the most valuable or opulent or even the most appreciated. We live in a prosperous country. Even the poor live better than kings and queens of old. Abundance has always been part of our family celebrations. I must admit, I probably couldn’t tell you …
What’s your favorite holiday decoration? I’ve been collecting Christmas items since before I married. A girl can accumulate a lot of stuff in half a century. Oh, my gosh, I’m getting old! But, doesn’t that mean my first collectibles are actually antiques? I got this guy when I was a teenager. He must be the …
I guess I was a pretty involved mom in my day. I took on various jobs at my kids’ school, one of which was leader to the Buckaroos, the school’s version of boy scouts. One afternoon a week for four years, I willingly subjected myself to entertaining 25 first and second grade boys for 90 …
I’ve always been intrigued by ghost stories and imagine most people are. I even went with friends and family to a fun lecture about ghosts at Pierce College some autumns back. The speaker was a scientist, not originally interested in ghosts until he saw one. Putting his scientific methods to work, he began research on …
As I’ve mentioned in other blogs, I have an abundant collection of holiday decorations. I’m not sure when this got out-of-hand but I realize it definitely is. Maybe my first inkling was some years back when we made a stop to stretch our legs at Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria. On previous stops, I always …
Shopping is fun, I can’t deny it. Since it’s unflattering to categorize this as a bad habit, I simply consider it an undeniable urge to be the best hunter and gatherer I can be. No doubt, this hereditary success is the reason my family is so long-lived. Unfortunately, I’m getting to a part of life …