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Time Out
This is the last weekend before the Donnie and Mikey Show airs in Washington on Noon on Monday. I for one will not be watching. In fact, I am going to enjoy
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A Day of One’s Own
In 1929, Virginia Woolf’s essay, A Room of One’s Own, was published. I read it a long time ago and didn’t take the time to reread it for this blog. What I remember, however, was that Woolf championed the notion
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Awards Season
As sure as January follows December, the various entertainment award shows follow the holidays. The Golden Globes were three nights ago, and the New York Times is already touting the Oscars, whose
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“Wicked, Part II”
I figure if “Wicked’s” director, Jon M. Chu, can divide a Broadway musical into two parts, then I can divide my critique of the first part into two blogs. This part addresses
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“Wicked, Part I”
I won’t say I was kicking and screaming as my friend S and I settled into our seats for “Wicked, Part I,” but I was a reluctant attendee. I’d seen the stage
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All Is Calm
It’s Christmas Eve Day, and the last thing I have to do is bake potatoes. It’s a simple activity, one I’ve done many times this year. This time it’s for the twice baked potatoes I’m serving with our filet tomorrow.
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A Different Christmas
It’s an unusual Christmas this year. Yes, it’s cold; there is snow; restaurants are busy; holiday music is everywhere. And at our home, a Christmas tree is still involved. As is eggnog.
But this season, my family in Fargo and
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Three Books
Each Christmas three books, all related to the season, make an appearance in our home.
The first is a children’s story, The Littlest Angel, by Charles Tazewell, published in 1949. It tells the tale of the littlest angel – we
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O Christmas Tree
If you’re familiar with the traditional German tune, “O Christmas Tree,” you know it extolls the green branches of the fir tree and explains how much they delight us. The words ‘pleasure’ and ‘delight’ are in almost every stanza.
Our
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Notre Dame
The jewel of the Seine, Paris, France, and much of Christendom reopened yesterday after a devastating fire in 2019. At the time, my son Kevin and I were in Boston when we heard the news about Notre Dame. We spent
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