by PJColando | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I have a collection of snow globes. There are about 25-30, I think. Some have music, some have movement, some have glitter and glamour. All sparkle with imitation, self-contained snow, gently adrift inside. They are loved and lovely treasures. Their display in our...
by PJColando | Dec 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
9 oz. dried cranberries; 12 oz. strawberry yogurt raisins; 12 oz. dried apricots; 16 oz. almonds; 16 oz. walnuts Look at the list of ingredients. You don’t have to memorize them; this isn’t one of those baby shower games where you have to recall the items on a tray...
by PJColando | Dec 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
December 1955: Time for the annual Christmas Show at the small country school in northern Indiana. Throughout the month my mother labored to make a panda bear costume for me to wear for my very small part in the pageant. It could not have been easy for her to...
by PJColando | Dec 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
The boys raced to the park. They saw the swings, but sped past to the slide, a giant on red stilts. It had sides to hold the scared kids who flew back to earth in its chute. It called them to mount up and not fret for the mom whose hands they had slipped. Scott went...
by PJColando | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
If Christmas Present has a saint, it must be the Salvation Army bell ringer in front of our local grocery store. The man is a catalyst for good. My husband is, too. He came home aglow from the inside out last Saturday after experiencing a series of simple acts that...
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by PJColando | Nov 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Rip ’em up, tear ’em down! Some people specialize in savagery to others’ reputations. They are emulous, a word that shouldn’t exist, but it even has synonyms and a color: green with envy. Comparison is an anxiety-provoking habit that...
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