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I have just this to say: An 8-foot Christmas tree, loaded with over 3,000 ornaments, makes a really big mess when it falls. I’d planned to do many things today, but ended up doing only one. And it’s not finished … Continue reading
Category Archives: holidays
Mamacita says: The incomparable Fausta has invited me to read poetry with her on her podcast Friday, Dec. 12 at 7:00! Poetry Jam! Please tune in and call in with a poem or two to share. The call-in number is: … Continue reading
Welcome to the 201st Edition of the Carnival of Education! December has come to represent a plethora of holidays, and each one has lovely things to offer us all. Picture December as a huge pile of glowing, glittering, good-smelling gifts. … Continue reading
Mamacita says: December in an American public school classroom used to be so very, very special. No matter what kind of families lived in the area, and no matter what a child’s family did about December at home, every child … Continue reading
Mamacita says: 1. I have over a hundred essays that must be graded by tonight. 2. A bowl of fresh berries is wonderful beyond all description. Yogi Bear was right. (Boo Boo Bear was a cutie.) 3. I love Burt’s … Continue reading
Mamacita says: This has long been one of my favorite Christmas songs, and when Hugh Jackman and friends sing it, well, be still my heart. What else can anyone say? Musical men are so blazingly sexy. Dear heaven above, so … Continue reading