I’m sitting in the front room of my small abode in my tiny swath of the Midwest, watching the melting snow drip off of the roof as the sun rises above the houses across the street. We’ve had our first snowfall of this season. Of course, it always makes me kind of chuckle when I […]
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In the Bleak Midwinter
After a full month, those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere have entered into the midst of the season called winter. The bleakness of this season has settled upon us. And even though I did indeed write a post just two weeks ago titled “January doesn’t stink,” there is some melancholic bitterness to […]
It’s Christmas Time in the City (part two)
Like my Halloween Town (which has a series of blog post short stories written about it), I also have a Christmas village, created from a plethora of mismatched pieces I have collected over the years. It too resides on the bookcase upon which Halloween Town makes its appearance, usually being set up the weekend after […]
It’s Christmas Time in the City (part one)
Like my Halloween Town (which has a series of blog post short stories written about it), I also have a Christmas village, created from a plethora of mismatched pieces I have collected over the years. It too resides on the bookcase upon which Halloween Town makes its appearance, usually being set up the weekend after […]
Winter
I live in a small city just outside Des Moines in Iowa. Winter has finally struck here. It’s cold. Yesterday there was a high of 16 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of -14. I didn’t leave my dwelling, for it was too cold to do so (and I was recovering from my first work […]
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