25 What Do You Look Forward to Most - and Least - During the Holiday Season?

My favorite holiday is definitely Thanksgiving, which is partly because it is in anticipation of Hanukkah  Christmas, and Hew Year's. Not so much Hanukkah any more becauae I have no way to set up my father's magnificent menorah which he made himself. This will be ( Read more... )

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The Friday Five

1. Have you ever played hooky from work or just taken the afternoon off because?
I've done both.

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Just in case anybody was missing me, I spent three weeks in hospital. Actually, one week in hospital and two weeks in a skilled nursing facility being fed sntibiotics through a PICC line (Periphirally Inserted Central Catheter.) I got back last Friday and have spent the last five days plowing thriugh all my emails, so if I haven't replied to any ( Read more... )

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25 It's World Opera Day - are you a fan?

I'm a big fan of Wagner and Mozart! So much so that I wrote fan fic about the famous Wagnerian singers.