An anthology of holiday stories, poems, and memoirs from various authors, myself included.
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A Book for All Seasons
Major holidays offer a day or two off work, but that's not the main attraction. This is the time for rituals and traditions; the time to gather the family and fly the flag, to decorate graves, to share a box of Valentine candy, to feast around the table at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Passover, Hanukah, New Year's, or tote a picnic to the beach.
A Quilt Of Holidays celebrates all those occasions, and more. Ginny Greene tells about "the-made-from-scratch- holiday," which began as an outing to see autumn foliage around Mount Rainier and "the desire to make autumn leaf kicking, somewhere along a mountain road, an annual family holiday."
Collectively, the stories and poems run the gamut of emotions: happy, sad, poignant, and humor. Terri Elders recalls her grandfather trying to coach her younger brother into changing the words to his line in the Easter recital from, "Easter lilies blooming remind us of the day," to "Easter bloomers waving."
Cathy Bryant offers a humorous account of the little known Scottish ritual, Hogmanay, on New Year's Eve. And Mary Chandler learned why her Nordic father celebrated St. Patrick's Day with gusto.
Keep several copies of this charming anthology on hand for gifts throughout the year. It's a one-size-fits all crowd pleaser.
Christmas - only days away; plastic snowmen and glowing reindeer adorn the lawns of neighborhoods all across America. All is calm, all is bright, and yet there is something tragically wrong about this Christmas night.
With swift passage thr
For the past two years (2006-2008) The Bridge of Silver Wings has earned a name for itself both as a series of poems published in different e-zines and as a book first published in 2007.
What makes this 2009 edition a special one is th
A short story of mine was included in an anthology of short fiction by fourteen of Port Town Publishing Company's authors. It is out of print and no longer available except as a download. Contact me at charlenetess@yahoo.com if you want it.
