Category Archives: Holidays

Essays and reflections on the doings and beings during holiday-times.

Holiday Work, Part 2: New Year’s Eve

Posted on January 3, 2011 by literarylee

So ironic!  I was going to write this on New Year’s Eve, but I was busy from 9 to 9, driving the hour to West Lafayette to spend the day helping our daughter and her husband set up their home. … Continue reading →

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Christmas Work

Posted on December 28, 2010 by literarylee

Most people take a few weeks to get ready for Christmas.  We had one day, a hazard of living in two places.  At 51 though not all that old yet (I keep telling myself), I still have energy (most of … Continue reading →

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The Five Dollar Christmas Deal

Posted on December 20, 2010 by literarylee

(Our Christmas 2007 letter) December 2007 The Five Dollar Christmas Deal It’s 6 a.m. on a cold, December Saturday morning and I’m fixing coffee and oatmeal.  I still find it hard to believe my wife is in Bali, Indonesia.  I … Continue reading →

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Grab a Festive Bunch

Posted on December 19, 2010 by literarylee

Fantastic statement.  I love the direct tone, the active voice, the spare word use. At the market yesterday I purchased a lovely bouquet of evergreens and dried flowers not because I needed more live Christmas decorations (I bought those last … Continue reading →

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Wreaths on the Treasury

Posted on December 9, 2010 by literarylee

Today I saw wreaths, evergreen circles with red-ribbon bows, tied by more wide, red ribbon to each gray pillar of the imposing, stony facade of the U.S. Treasury building. The Treasury of the United States of America: the payer of my government … Continue reading →

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