Monthly Archives: December 2012

My Christmas Day Pie


So this is a funny story, and I’m going to put it on Facebook, and send it to NPR, which likes funny Christmas stories. This is about my “pumpkin” pie. I make the Impossible Pumpkin pie as written out in … Continue reading

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The Season


To all my readers, happy holidays, merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, God Yule, Feliz Navidad, Buon Natale, Joyeaux Noel, and all the other ways of saying happy holidays to everyone. Computers close down for the holidays, but I’ll be back next … Continue reading

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Royal Pains Wedding


I am totally dumbfounded. So Boris was dead, but now he is still alive. Hank spent time in the hospital, then nothing was found in his CAT scan, and now he is back in the hospital, about to have an … Continue reading

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College Football 2012 Bowls


Well, oh darn (or stronger words to that effect). Notre Dame lost. But at least Alabama couldn’t stop them from making any points, which is what they wanted – a blow-out. And Herbstreit, the announcer from ESPN, finally said some … Continue reading

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December 4, 2012


Last Tuesday, December 4, was my 72nd birthday.  It was a beautiful day, and I was blessed to reach 72. I was in my 20s during the radical 60s, drinking and dancing as fast as I could, sleeping around, just … Continue reading

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