At the end of October, I wrote a mini-essay about the value of the sayings displayed on sweatshirts today. In that essay, I provided a list of sweatshirt graffiti I liked, but didn’t own.

But, as I packed for my recent

 … finish reading Sweatshirts I Live By

I’ve worked at Fred Flare, Inc. for two days now; and, believe me, Santa and his elves have some stiff competition.

I don’t know how large a workshop Santa has or how many full time elves punch the clock each

 … finish reading Fred’s Workshop

I’ve been under the weather. It doesn’t matter whether it is the flu, or a chest cold, or a sinus infection – the result is the same. I do not feel like myself, although I’m not sure who I feel

 … finish reading Feeling Bugged

I miss my piano. I’m not the best student of the art, but when I go away I realize how much my weekly piano lesson and my piano mean to me. They are childhood companions, not in the sense that

 … finish reading Lonesome