by Kate Torok There we were, sitting in Mrs. Farrington’s music class, watching Christmas movies and singing, “Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go!” It was a […]
The magic is back
Welcome Christmas
November rained into December. Hardly Christmas weather, if you ask me. After all, the Christmas season had officially been in full swing since Thursday’s leftover turkey went into the refrigerator. Yet somehow, […]
Nota Bene #97: toDwI'ma' qoS yItIvqu'!
“To be truly free, and truly to appreciate its freedom, a society must be literate.”
'Twas the Night Before Christmas – as retold by a dog
by Ronan ‘Twas the night before Christmas and out in the kitchen, mom’s cooking something, and man, it smells bitchin’. The stockings are hung by the chimney with care. Mine’s full of […]
Gift Wrapping
by Terry Hargrove In 1980, I took a part time job at a men’s clothing store so I could make a few extra bucks for Christmas. While it is true that I […]
Christmas '44
“Christmas tree a la mode.” That’s how my grandfather, Bill Mackowski, described it to his wife, LaVerne, back in December of 1944. Bill was stationed in Belgium, part of the 330th infantry […]
A Halloween appreciation of the Christmas movie The Nightmare Before Christmas
When most of us think of Halloween movies, we tend to think of horror flicks, psychological thrillers, or bizarre mind-benders. The Nightmare on Elm Street, for example, or What Lies Beneath, or […]
Reality is making us sick, and fantasy can't cure us
You’re honey child to a swarm of bees Gonna blow right through you like a breeze Give me one last dance Well slide down the surface of things You’re the real thing […]
'Tis the Season for Cookies
They seemed innocuous enough—pre-cut circles of cookie dough, maybe an inch in diameter, with pictures of snowmen in the center. They came on a sheet of cardboard backing, in a plastic bag, […]
Meanings, pt. 1: Post-OJ America
by Michael Tracey “Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland So on to the really interesting part: what has it all meant, what […]
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