Maybe 20 years ago, my stepmother started putting together a Christmas village. She never cared anything about it all being the same brand, so the scale wasn’t at all consistent from building to building, which was and is an irritant for someone as anal-retentive as I about such things. A villager who’s in scale at … Read more
OK, I don’t beg for money much. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever done it before. I also don’t make many 100% serious posts. Please forgive me this one. No, I’m not begging for myself. But if you don’t have a cause or two, why not? It’s not too late to grab yourself a … Read more
Well, I guess today contained our last scheduled Christmas break activities. It was fun having lunch with Uncle Bill today. He’s doing well. I’ll tell you, though, I wish that whole “urban renewal” concept would hit Birmingham. In Hoover (where Bill lives) and a few other suburbs, there are earth-movers and cranes everywhere, even now—while … Read more