Everyone comes from somewhere. For Taylor Alison Swift, that somewhere was a small town of less than five thousand people called West Reading, Pennsylvania. As a young child, her parents… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Shared By The Fire: Christmas Tree Farm by Taylor Swift.
My youngest daughter and I call ourselves the “Dynamic Duo”. She is fifteen years of age as I write these words. We have managed to achieve a form of personal… Read More »Christmas Stories To be Shared By The Fire: Like It’s Christmas by The Jonas Brothers
I live in a household that has been known to air the occasional Hallmark Christmas movie. When these Hallmark Christmas movies first began to air many years ago, their arrival… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Shared By The Fire: Hard Candy Christmas by Dolly Parton
All throughout my life I have always been very fortunate to be home with the ones I love on Christmas Day. I am blessed. I have never had to report… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Told By The Fire: Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano
“The Christmas Song” was written in the summer of 1945, just as World War II was coming to an end. It was written by six-time Emmy nominated songwriter Robert Wells,… Read More »Christmas Stories To Be Shared By a Fire: The Christmas Song by Nat King Cole
The first seven (yikes!) posts in this series can be found here, here, here, here, here, here and here. As my eighth day on the road began, I was greeted… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip…Song #77/250: Trick Rider by Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles…Family Road Trip Edition: Part VIII
The first four posts in this series can be found here, here, here and here. They shot a movie once In my hometown. Everybody was in it For miles around.… Read More »The Stars of Stage and Screen….Song #68/250: Chi Mi Na Morbheanna by The Rankin Family from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film Margaret’s Museum….Family Road Trip Edition: Part V
Editor’s Note: Part I of this series can be read by clicking here. If you are of a certain vintage and lived in Canada you will probably have firm memories… Read More »Today’s Top 40: September 19, 2024: Road Trip Edition: Part-II…Chappell Roan: Good Luck, Babe
Sometimes a photo is more than just a photo. This is one of those times. As someone who writes a daily blog, it is my job to put the feelings… Read More »Christmas in Cape Breton
I have been a writer since I was a kid. I have always loved telling stories and, more importantly, I have always loved using my words to make other people… Read More »Believe