This is How Traditions Start ...

Several years ago (eight, to be precise), I decided to get creative with the note I sent out in Christmas cards and I wrote a creative littl...

The Tooth Fairy Experiment

Friday’s blog post about the end of Santa in our household sparked a family discussion about various childhood legends, and Gina confessed t...

Ho Ho Ho No More?

(LENNY: COVER YOUR EYES!) A few years ago, I lost my enthusiasm for Christmas. I used to love shopping (okay, not in crowds, and mostly onli...

Beautiful Blogger Award

I have to thank Marcy over at mainewords for this lovely, purple award! Marcy's my crit partner, and I've been enjoying being an a...

Our Mountain Retreat

My family has spent a week in the Poconos Mountains every winter for skiing ever since we’ve been a family. Our favorite place is Blakeslee...

The Hound of the Salernis

We were planning to send Sorcia to doggie day camp while we were away for the holidays, but my sister-in-law Deb said that she and her husba...

Anachronauts

Shortly after arriving at Dorian’s Parlor on Saturday night, we had the chance to chat with one of the founders, Gil Cnaan, who described t...