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Christmas is the greatest time of the year. In 1938 my parents moved us (Mom, Dad, Gerald, and me) from Allen to a town called Centrahoma. There I met Letha Mae. It was there I started paying attention to Christmas. But like some other materialistic folk my age over there, I was really concerned with the season for Christmas gifts. Santa Claus became a big mysterious person of interest.
Read moreMany of us have played Secret Santa over the years but here may be the best “Secret Santa” of all….
Read moreChristmas is the greatest time of the year. In 1938 my parents moved us (Mom, Dad, Gerald, and me) from Allen to a town called Centrahoma. There I met Letha Mae. It was there I started paying attention to Christmas. But like some other materialistic folk my age over there, I was really concerned with the season for Christmas gifts. Santa Claus became a big mysterious person of interest.
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My family believes the only reason a fruitcake should be in our house is if it is on the way to another location. Calvin Trillin has….
Read moreBurl Ives can sing his little heart out about having a merry-little Christmas this year but how merry can it be with Covid-19 dictating the way we live and what we do. Never been a Christmas like this one. After struggling through an awfully hard year, many Americans are just now discovering that this Pandemic is affecting them in another personal way. Tens of thousands of survivors have severely damaged lungs and will never recover to their old healthy ways. Sadder still are the thousands who had loved ones die. In many cases they died and were buried without funerals. Such is our state of fear.
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In the past few months I have been going to the grocery store for Dayna. I never realized how many choices there are for one item and it can be confusing. Greg Landraf knows just what I mean. Let’s consider just one item, eggs . . .
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