Tag: season
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Autumn Coming: Time For Pumpkin Flavored Everything
We recently had the first crisp evening that hinted at the changes to come, that feeling in the air that native Westsylvanians recognize as “a Football Night.” In the verges, the annual flora are showing wear, the color of goldenrod lines country roads and the counts of our prolific whitetail deer seen dead along the…
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Merry Christmas, My Friends
Another year, another Christmas, another opportunity to thank those of you who make time in their days to see what kind of drivel I’ve posted this time, and also to those of you–and I know that in many cases you are both of these–who put forth the effort to share with the rest of us,…
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Eleven Years Ago…
…we bought a particularly nice tree from this unsavory character. I made the mistake of saying, “hey, toss me that tree over there…” Opps. Man, does time go fast. The semi-feral six-year old ragamuffin making sure the tree is safely nestled in the bed of our truck is going to college next year…
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Memeday:Deer Day
Because there just aren’t very may funny hunting memes… …and, frankly, I just didn’t feel like trying that hard.
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New Year Reflections: Love & Christmas Cards
I’m back, after a pleasant holiday hiatus disguised somewhat by the magic of scheduled posts. It’s time to write again, and it’s time to catch up reading on A LOT of blogs (yours probably among them, if you’re reading this) that I’ve ignored during the busy season. (I feel really bad about that, and I…
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Wednesday Words of Wisdom: Stephen Fry
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.– Stephen Fry
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My Favorite Christmas Recordings #1 Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme: That Holiday Feeling
Bitter, cynical, and borderline misanthropic for most of the year, I reform for the holiday season and from mid-November to the last minute of Epiphany I’m all about the season. Readers of Old Road Apples will find themselves under a constant barrage of holiday fare this season–from themed essays to book reviews to a countdown…
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My Favorite Christmas Recordings #3 Ella Fitzgerald: Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas
Bitter, cynical, and borderline misanthropic for most of the year, I reform for the holiday season and from mid-November to the last minute of Epiphany I’m all about the season. Readers of Old Road Apples will find themselves under a constant barrage of holiday fare this season–from themed essays to book reviews to a countdown…
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My Favorite Christmas Recordings #4 Chieftans Christmas: The Bells of Dublin
Bitter, cynical, and borderline misanthropic for most of the year, I reform for the holiday season and from mid-November to the last minute of Epiphany I’m all about the season. Readers of Old Road Apples will find themselves under a constant barrage of holiday fare this season–from themed essays to book reviews to a countdown…
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