I might have mentioned on the Twitter once or twice that we’re doing something different for Thanksgiving this year: Celebrating at the BEACH. Yep, tomorrow my Beloved will cook turkey with all the trimmings in a high-rise rental condo overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. (Your jealousy is entirely justified.) (I apologize for gloating.) (Not really.) [...]

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What do you get when you take one pickup truck with bed extender, add two futon mattresses and 12 blankets, and throw in ten people? (Besides something wildly illegal in most states) A Christmas tradition for us and two other families. Every year we meet just outside the gate of Lake Lanier’s Magical Nights of [...]

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So Charlie tells me that my skipping over Thanksgiving to listen to Christmas songs is demotivating for him as the family Thanksgiving dinner cook. “Wha?” “Well,” he says, “It’s like if a football team…” (What is UP with men and sports analogies?) “…is prepping for the final playoffs before the Super Bowl and my teammate [...]

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