One of the significant aspects of any holiday celebration is food—roasted hams and turkeys, braided or caramel-topped breads, potatoes mashed and turned into dumplings.
Masquerade!/ Run and hide–/but a face will/ still pursue you! from Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber It’s that time of year again.
And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy’s bonfire spread. ~ Bayard Taylor ~ Just living is not enough…one must have sunshine, freedom
In 1968, when I was a teenager, Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical opened on Broadway. I saw a performance of it several years later
I don’t care what they’re going to say. Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway. ~ Elsa ~ It’s that time
It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end. ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
Over the course of several centuries, the original meaning of some words in our language—a living thing—changes, which can be a good thing or a
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island… Walt Disney Who read to you as a child? Anyone?
It is winter proper; the cold weather, such as it is, has come to stay. I bloom indoors in the winter like a forced forsythia;
As a child, did you ever try to sneak-read with a flashlight under the covers when you were supposed to be in bed asleep? It
It doesn’t matter what time of year it is, chocolate is always a wonderful treat—for someone you know or for yourself. It also doesn’t matter
