Category Archives: Holidays

16 days ’til Advent

When I was living in Seattle and working at a coffee shop, a really nice man would come in each year and bring all the baristas an advent calender with chocolates in the windows of each day. He always let … Continue reading

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Lent

My computer(s) have been yucky for the past few weeks.  Tonight, I fixed one of them, this excites me and I decided I needed to post…anything at all.  So, here is my ramble on Lent. I went the first twenty-one … Continue reading

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Growing A Prince

When I think about my love life I think of…nothing.   Translation:  It might happen, someday and if not I won’t lose hairs.   For the first few years after my divorce, my parents assured me that I was going … Continue reading

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A year is too long…

Each of the past ten years, give or take, I have sat thinking about what to resolve that has been a weakness of mine in the year before. I mentally make a list if my faults, and think about which … Continue reading

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Super Mario 2: The Lost Levels

I have an uncle who is a bit younger than my parents, he also had his only son later than most.  So, when I was a kid, he only had me and my two sisters to spoil.  One year, he … Continue reading

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Wii! It’s Christmas!

As I write, there is a little boy desperately trying to fall asleep. Unfortunately this is the only day of the year I get the pleasure of having no fighting about bedtime. He’s hoping, wishing, and praying that Santa C. … Continue reading

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2009?

I have been certainly lazy at the least lately, as far as pounding hands on computer and hitting, “Publish!” I have exactly 47 unfinished drafts as well as two unfinished college classes, a messy messy house, and a sack full … Continue reading

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Top 7 Best Christmas Songs pt 1

Last week I revealed the worst, now let’s think about the better ones, or rather the best. I am starting with modern songs. I may or may not do a classic list. And by modern, I mean since I have … Continue reading

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Tree!

I missed yesterday.  I was busy chopping down a Christmas tree.  I have never done that before.  Sincerely, I was hoping for an axe to swing mightily for a half-hour or so before peering upwards and hollering “TIMBER!” at the … Continue reading

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Top 7 Worst Christmas Songs

I’m pretty sure that unless this your first visit to The Pilver,you are aware that I don’t love a single thing more than the Christmas Season. It’s not the Big Day that I crave. It is the special foods at … Continue reading

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