Several years ago, Peter and I got up extremely early on the day after Thanksgiving to check out the “door buster” sales. It was fun, and we got some great deals, but it’s not something we’ve been inclined to do. And I’ve been chagrined as Black Friday has edged its way into Thanksgiving Day itself….
Month: November 2013
The Coat Came Back
I enjoy following James Altucher’s postings and last night, I would have sworn he wrote a post about losing a new coat he’d just bought. It made me think about my favorite coat, which was also once lost, and came back. It’s a trench coat I bought in 1981 or 1982. I don’t remember what…
The Day of the Dead San Jose 2013
In 2011, my family and I went to the San Jose Museum of Art and made sugar skulls as part of their community day celebrating Dia de los Muertos. As we pulled them out for our Halloween decorations this year, Kelly was nostalgic, and asked to do it again. This year, the festivity took place…
Christians Who Don’t Do Halloween
Kelly told me one of her classmates wasn’t participating in Halloween at all, and that instead of going trick-or-treating, she’d be going over to Chuck E. Cheese that night. I told Kelly another one of her friends (one of her closest companions when we were homeschooling) also eschews all Halloween activities. I explained to Kelly…