New Year’s Resolutions with Tessa
Every January, I buy new calendars for my house. I usually wait until after the holidays, just in case one finds its way into my...
AUTHORS: THRIVE IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD
To publicize themselves or their work, there was little change for authors, writers, politicians and performers for hundreds of years....
Christmas on a Bus
Christmas trees are going up, carols are being sung, I’m living on a bus. Must be the holiday season. This year, aside from working on...
WHAT HOLIDAYS MEAN TO COPS
Most are familiar with the burden cops and their families bear as they work on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. Cops’ absence...
Visions of Sugar Plums
This Christmas, it’s not visions of sugar plums dancing in my head, it’s visions of socks. I’m not sure if visions of dancing sugar plums...
Christmas Week in San Felipe
There was something wrong with my family. I was certain of it. If we were a normal family, why were we on a bumpy road, heading for a...
Holidays with Tessa
The holidays are times for traditions, things passed down from generation to generation. My family is no different, but ours might seem a...
THE CHRISTMAS FOXES
I am standing at my deck doors, peering through a light snowfall. Every one of my bird feeders is busy: goldfinches, nuthatches, downy...
THE DAMN CHRISTMAS SPELLING BEE
Most afternoons, around 2:30 p.m., you’ll find me in the elementary school car line. Usually, I’m blasting 90’s retro music in order to...
The Christmas Tree
“It’s not a fish, it’s a starfish.” Thus do I correct my four-year-old, trying to impart college-level biology as we roam through the...
