Author Archives: Jimmy

Well, here it is time for my pretty-much annual Christmas Blog. Things aren’t exactly back to “normal” yet, so Christmas probably won’t be considered “traditional” again. But — what is “traditional?” That depends on a lot of things, including your … Continue reading →

Today is Christmas Eve.May you never be too grown up to search the skies tonight….— 30 —

In continuing with the Christmas theme of late, Claire has every Christmas tree ornament that the White House Historical Association has ever produced.  The White House Historical Association has released a Christmas tree ornament every year, beginning in 1981. All … Continue reading →

Today is the first day of winter. I’m not crazy about winter, but one good thing about it is that starting today, the days are getting longer. Yesterday was the winter solstice — the shortest day of the year, when … Continue reading →

Well, it’s that time again — the new year is almost here and that means it’s time for my annual New Year’s Resolution blog. I know I go through this same spiel every year, but I do it to remind … Continue reading →

We made our (almost) annual trek to the Nutcracker yesterday. Just like in past performances, Emily was the best dancer of the bunch — I think she’s now been just about every character it’s possible to be in the Nutcracker. … Continue reading →

We have our Christmas trees up — a little later than usual this year. Just about everything seems to take longer these days… maybe time doesn’t really fly — we just work slower. Anyhow I was thinking about Christmas trees. … Continue reading →

Every year in December I go over my list of New Year’s resolutions that I made in December of the previous year. It’s my way of letting you know how I did during the past year in keeping my resolutions … Continue reading →

The year is winding down…. just a few more weeks and it’ll be 2022. Last year about this time, we were all thinking about how bad 2020 had been and we were all looking forward to 2021 being a better … Continue reading →