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But sometimes our desperate attempts turn out to be a cry for help in the right direction.ġ. Somewhere in there, there's a message about messing things up, and how all our efforts sometimes make things worse. Result: large fine, expensive tow and all the rest, but at least they don't have to spend Christmas in the forest. Which gets the attention of a forest ranger real fast.
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While Willie dozes off, Alf leaves the car, cuts down a tree with a chainsaw, and stuffs it in the back seat. Alf says they should have a car phone like Sonny Crockett, which Willie says is about as realistic as flying out of the forest-this is 1986, remember? Things get worse and worse, the car gets stuck in the mud, and there's nobody around for miles. Fixit and I watched the first-season Alf Christmas episode, "O Tannerbaum." Alf, not used to Earth holiday customs, helpfully chops the Tanners' Christmas tree into firewood, so he and Willie set off to the Angeles National Forest to look for another one. Like homeschoolers who discover the wealth of their own books, like new parents who figure out that they don't need swings and special bathtubs, there is no sacrilege at Christmas in not hanging holiday towels, or in eating cereal or eggs for breakfast instead of making a multi-layered slow-cooker casserole. The answer to that can be anything from "we're broke" to "we're being more intentional." But the truth of our generally-pretty-wealthy culture is that we usually have enough right around us to have a pretty good holiday. Why would you want to hold back financially during a time of celebration? In the same way, "frugal Christmas" is off-putting to some people. So yes, in that case, some prudence would seem not to be a bad thing. While I get the point perfectly, it's also true both that some people are on special diets and don't want to be sick over the holidays, and that, for some current lifestyles, this "holiday season" may extend all the way through November and December, not just over a couple of meals. I saw an article recently explaining why "low fat" and "holiday food" really shouldn't go together.
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Linked from Ringing in the Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond. So do we say we hope for such a good year, or a better one? It's like one of those multi-faceted things you turn in your hands to see the light reflect.or like one of the puzzle boxes in All the Light We Cannot See, something you keep turning over in your hands, sliding one little door at a time until suddenly the whole thing opens. I thought I would enjoy writing a year's roundup, especially since this is the year I got my very own Amazon page.I have a few leftover copies of my books sitting in a box in my bedroom, want to buy one? (I also joined GoodReads and Pinterest-welcome to the 21st century.) Half the problem is that I don't want to say goodbye to this year (although there are good things planned for 2016), and the rest of the problem is that there were also parts of it that were difficult, things that remain unresolved.
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One through Four have been enough work already. There are very few times we get to have so many friends and family, old and young, in one spot, and I wish we could have a big party like that every year.Īlso I read quite a few books. I am a few cantos away from finishing The Divine Comedy-if I get enough time today, I might get done. You might think I would say the trip to Indiana in July, but actually it was the double eightieth birthday party in May (for my dad and my uncle). What experience from this past year would you like to do all over again?