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A few quick grabs from the laptop camera before the year rolls out Dan’s downtown sitting in with the Dayton Philharmonic tonight. He should be wrapping up well before midnight strikes. I just got back from the grocery store where I paid extra attention to food labels and even did a little menu planning for…

Mason, OH Woke up on the 25th and folded leftovers into omelets. As the day got on we avoided highways and drove south, meeting up with Dan’s sister and her family. They were staying at a lodge that had an indoor swimming pool. While A Christmas Story looped on the TV I sat too close…

wrapping up the holiday There are a few moments left before this Christmas Day draws to a close, and I just wanted to give a virtual tip of the holiday hat to everyone.

on Christmas Eve I had no idea that Rosemary Clooney sang both parts of the song “Sisters” on one of my favorite holiday movies, White Christmas.

The latter half of Saturday See that boy in the front row with the red flannel pants with white writing? His name is Eddie and we share a birth day. (Should I mention his pants say ‘Got gas?’) For the last couple years I’ve been going to his party because his parents usually serve really…

Santa Picks, from 1957 [ + zoom ] For all the joy of the holiday, there is an underlying reflective melancholy. I think Merlin captures this well as he writes about Judy Garland singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” He points out some great history in the lyric of that song. A fine read…

decor found at “The Greene” shopping center thing in Dayton Before another day goes by and I fail to update my journal.

The bend before the Wyoming Exit #13 on I-75

These aren’t Christmas lights, they are year round decor [ View the whole photo ] If I was hankering for a project while the snow falls outside, I might experiment with this project to customize the shapes of bokeh. (The Flickr Blog has some fine examples) But there’s lots to do that I didn’t quite…