The freezing weather has wrecked havoc on our water pipes again. It is amazing that it didn’t happen over night. Earlier today I went down to our basement bedroom to get dressed and found the water pipe for the sprinkler leaking water again. Luckily the water wasn’t gushing, so the basement didn’t get flooded. I [...]
Yesterday and today are our coldest days of the season so far. Yesterday the low got down to -15° F, which broke the record low of -14° F in 1901. The low this morning (Monday) was recorded at -18° F and as I write it is currently -11° F. I hope it warms up some [...]
Every year my mama always makes her old-fashioned hard candy and gives it away to a few lucky individuals for Christmas. It has been a tradition of hers for as long as I can remember. Her making candy during the holidays is a memory that remains strong in my mind, even at 31 years old. [...]
Everyone younger than fifty remembers growing up and watching Charlie Brown’s Christmas special. Out of all the Peanuts characters’ antics, from the mouthy Lucy to the simplifying Linus, we remember the ending the best: when Charlie Brown picks out the saddest, smallest tree in the over-commercialized lot. And somehow, this little, pathetic tree brings all [...]
