Holiday Archive |
HOLIDAY WEEKEND BUTLER (CAUTION: EMOTIONAL): “Five Easy Pieces.” The bill at the Last Supper. Bon Iver. A Danish PSA. Easy Chicken Marbella. - SUPPORTING BUTLER: Since the start of 2023, Amazon seems to have gone on a quiet campaign to rid itself of small sites that, collectively, generate revenue worth noticing — and
Holidays 2021: gifts that matter for people who matter to us - Here we are again. Let’s start by raising a glass. We survived, we didn’t go nuts, we can still locate our hearts. And then let’s stop and use our hearts
JULY 4, 2018 - This is the summer of our discontent. Easily the most critical moment for our country since... whenever. You know all that. No need to preach. What might be useful: tools
Late Summer 2023: #2 - Another batch of suggestions to amuse and comfort you while I take a few days away from Butler. This one feels lighter. Why? La Rochefoucauld: “No one can look long
Mother’s Day 2022: “The older you get, the more it matters.” - The older you get, the more it matters. What is “it?” Everything. Priorities are personal, but as I see people I know falling ill or leaving the planet, health seems
Mother’s Day 2023: Considering what’s happening, this is a general shout-out to all women who make a difference in our lives - Mary Cassatt often painted mothers and children, and when I went looking for an image to use for Mother’s Day, I found many that would make good illustrations. (See “Mother
Mother’s Day, 2019 - In socio-political terms, Mother's Day is a loathsome, regressive holiday --- it's how we "thank" mom for a year of free labor. But set that aside. As long as
Mother’s Day, 2021: the first of the rest of our lives - "One of the defining images, at least from my perspective, in this crisis has been cars lined up. Cars lined up for miles --- nice cars, lined up for miles,
Thanksgiving: Reasons to be cheerful - Very hard to balance the balance sheet this holiday. A tyrant thwarted, hunger at record numbers. Vaccine coming, hospitals full and loved ones missing from our tables. And I know
The 2016 Holiday Gift Guide: Bless us, every one. - HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE FOR CHILDREN: 27 non-digital suggestions. Click here. --- On Facebook and the blogs and in the zip code where we used to live --- the zip code where you
The 2017 Holiday Gift Guide - HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDES The Holiday Gift Guide The Food Edition Gifts for Kids The Luxury Edition --- ALL-TIME TOP 10 CLASSIC GIFTS Timex Easy Reader Watch Esquire: “The simple retro face looks cooler than some watches that cost
Thymes Frasier Fir Candle/ The Diptyque Candle - The Thymes Frasier Fir candle doesn’t quite convince you that there’s a fir tree in the corner, but it proposes the idea. The smell is of “crisp Siberian Fir needles,
Tidings of Comfort and Joy (because there’s no better idea) - THE IMAGE (ABOVE) is an ultra-magnified cross-section of a human cell. This has been the longest year of any of our lives, and a bit longer for me professionally, because instead
Valentine’s Day 2020 - I usually treat Valentine's Day with ironic detachment --- I believe if you don't show up 364 days a year, lavish gestures on one day won't do much for your
Valentine’s Day 2021: Gifts for Life - The photograph (above) is the highest resolution photo ever taken of snowflakes. --- In years past, I’ve resisted writing Valentine’s suggestions because it is just so obvious that if you haven’t grown
Valentine’s Day 2022: Most years it’s optional. Not this year. - It's a manufactured holiday, designed to benefit restaurants, florists, and Hallmark cards. If you haven't been clear about your affections for 364 days, this one day won't make a difference.
Valentine’s Day, 2018 - When I was young, I burned through people. And they burned through me. There were so many of us then, all young, all replaceable. Now everyone I care about feels
