With my mom now 92 (she turns 93 in three months) you’re never sure how many more Christmases you’ll all have to celebrate together. This year was the first time, maybe since my father passed away in 2011, that everyone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m sure many of you (perhaps ALL of you) have never heard of these cartoons let alone seen them, so if YouTube lets me, I’ll post them here:
Now, have I really seen “It’s a Wonderful Life” now, 39 times? Well, NBC has owned exclusive rights to the film, airing it every Christmas Eve, since 1993. I’m sure I’ve watched it every year so that would mean I’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I get older I get less and less tolerant of religious people. Any religion. I’ve seen too many instances where people just want to enjoy their lives only to have religious types interfere and thrust their beliefs on them.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I could tell that my mom and especially my brother In-law wasn’t enjoying the movie. I love history, I love film history and “Citizen Kane” is my favorite movie, so this film was made for me. Other than that I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I was 10 years old I was an avid reader. I’d often order paperbacks from book drives at school so I could read more books! One of the books was “The Homecoming” by Earl Hamner Jr.. I didn’t realize[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is one of those instances that you realize you’re old. I’m pretty sure when I was in my twenty’s, if a situation like this happened, that I cut short a vacation to come into work, even though it wasn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In case you’re confused with the dialogue from the TV set in the last panel, I was watching a DVD for the 3rd season of “Green Acres”. It’s from the 5th episode “Oliver Takes Over The Phone Company.” where Oliver[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I like having people over to my house. Our Christmas gathering included me, my mom, my sister and her husband, my other sister and her boy friend, my niece and her husband (who got me my Christmas gift), my other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I suppose since I’ve had a job and worked all year (therefore would have afforded the printing cost) I could have designed, illustrated and printed a Christmas Card this year, but… I just didn’t get around to do it. Just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…