Happy New Year 2013: It’s Willie Waught Time Once Again

Mamacita says: The first day of 2013 finds us buried in snow. Looking out the window, the world looks exactly as the world should look on the first of January. It’s winter out there, and this year, it looks like … Continue reading

Quotation Saturday: Christmas 2012

Mamacita says: It’s been a while since I’ve done Quotation Saturday. I’ve missed it. I hope you have, too. Let’s talk about Christmas. I consider it the crown: the end of the year, the thing that makes winter endurable.  Remember, … Continue reading

We Are All Santa Claus

Mamacita says: Whether or not you celebrate Christmas has nothing whatsoever to do with being Santa Claus for someone. Call it whatever you wish: just call it something, and go forth and do it. Letting your soul curl up into … Continue reading

Our Children Deserve a Magical Childhood

Mamacita says:  James and Lily Potter weren’t the only parents who knew about magic, you know. I love to imagine Christmas at the Burrow, also; Molly and Arthur Weasley, poor as they were, must have given their large family a … Continue reading

Scrooge Chose To Be Scrooge.

Mamacita says: Oh, my dears, it’s so close now, so very, very close. There are a lot of old, boring, easily offended, humorless people out there who don’t care much for the excitement, the wonder, the sparkles and reflections and … Continue reading

Where Did the Music Go?

Mamacita says: Back in the day (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) every American student knew hundreds of songs – all the same songs, for the most part. Every Wednesday morning, kids all over the States would gather in their school’s … Continue reading