Archive for December, 2009
The Day After….
Sunday, December 27th, 2009The mall was crazy crowded on December 26th. Why do people shop the day AFTER Christmas? Haven’t they gotten enough stuff? Are they returning stuff? Are they using gift cards immediately before they go bad to get stuff? Was it hard to not have anywhere to buy stuff on Christmas Day? I suppose I […]
Get Your Ho Ho On. (as seen on www.herrochester.com)
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Our holiday ended last week when Hanukah’s 8 crazy nights closed out. But in keeping with the spirit of the season I am ho ho ho’ing and yet wondering where are the carolers, the bell ringers and the santas? And then I realized they are all at the mall, a place I’ve sworn to avoid until […]
White Out Musings (as seen at www.herrochester.com)
Sunday, December 13th, 2009Thursday’s storm gave me some perspective. After begging my Mom, a spry young 79, to come to Rochester to celebrate Hanukah and her grand-daughter’s birthday. I assured her there would be no snow, no worries, she would get in and get out. And then the snow came. I left one side of town with sunny […]
Holiday Spirit?
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Tense. I’m feeling tense. I told everyone I was going to breathe this Holiday season and instead as I watch the lights go up on the houses around me (ours is always dark even though Hanukah is the Festival of Lights) I get short of breath. I think I should be shopping for presents, for […]
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