“Auld Lang Syne” & Tribbles (& December 2015 AnchoredScraps Recap)
"Auld Lang Syne" is synonymous with New Year's Eve. There have been so many things competing for inclusion in today's final blog post…
Letters of Appreciation
Letters of Appreciation is today's blog post topic! To be on the receiving end of opening our mailbox and being greeted with…
‘Writing Letters of Kindness to the Elderly’
"Writing Letters of Kindness to the Elderly" is a 21-day kindness challenge beginning at the end of January. It is being hosted by Love for…
Cursive Handwriting
Cursive handwriting is today's blog topic and one I will be spending time on next year with including exploring Spencerian system of penmanship, Palmer Method…
Radio City Music Hall & “Tomorrow”
The Radio City Music Hall first opened on December 27, 1932 and when I first read that the imagery it brought to mind was…
Planning now for next year – Christmas Stationery
Today has found us the day after Christmas and - if like me you found yourself making 'notes to self' that next…
Paul Harvey Christmas Day Broadcast of 1965
Merry Christmas 2015! This year saw the 50th anniversary of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" recognized with a commemorative booklet of stamps that feature 10 scenes…
“Silent Night” (Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber)
It is here - Christmas Eve! The first time I listened to John Denver & The Muppets sing "Silent Night" from his…
Christmas songs: Hula-Hoops & hippopotamuses
In time for us while wrapping Christmas presents and writing out those Christmas cards here are two fun songs that are perfect…
“The Christmas Guest”
Today is the Winter Solstice - the shortest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere; it also marks my 300th blog post of…
“Let’s Keep Christmas” (Peter Marshall)
So what topic made today's blog post #299 ? "Let's Keep Christmas" - A Sermon by Peter Marshall (1902-1949) This small book…
“The Art of Racing in the Rain” (Garth Stein)
Back when Cuddy and I were seeing the veterinarian a lot when he was so sick - on one visit we got on the topic of…
“A Christmas Carol” (Charles Dickens)
On December 19, 1843 Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol" - the original title was "A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a…
Star Wars (stationery & fountain pens)
The day has finally arrived - December 18, 2015 and with it the release of the new Star Wars movie, "Star Wars Episode VII: The…
“The Red Glass Bowl” (Margaret Weymouth Jackson)
In recalling previous Christmas reading lists it struck me that I have been missing one of my favorites - from a Good…
Time is running out on these U.S. stamps
Today while I was out and about a friend needed some stamps and I was happy to have 3/4 of a booklet of…
“A Cup of Christmas Tea” (Tom Hegg)
It's Tuesday and what a delight to find the Author, Tom Hegg, reading "A Cup of Christmas Tea". Have you ever read…
Disco Music Stamp & Holiday Shipping Packages Deadlines
It's Monday and welcome to the third week in the month of December. Today we are enjoying the unlikely theme of including Disco Music along with…
“Keep Moving” – Celebrating Dick Van Dyke’s 90th Birthday!
Happy Sunday - today is the 90th birthday for Dick Van Dyke! He just came out with a book "Keep Moving: And Other…
“Pocketful of Miracles”
At this point in the Holiday season we have been watching our usual repertoire of Christmas movies we plan to watch. For me…
“In The Bleak Midwinter”
Today we are looking at one of the Christmas carols we sing each year on Christmas Eve - "In The Bleak Midwinter". …
“Charade” (Favorite Stamp Movie)
On December 5, 1963 the movie "Charade" was released and somehow prior to writing this blog I had not seen it! Back in…
Santa Mail & Special Holiday Postmarks
If you have ever thought about doing something extra fun with getting an actual Letter From Santa orchestrated or having a special…
“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”
One year the book club I was in decided for our December meeting that year we would all take turns reading aloud from…
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Today the National Park Service with the Pacific Historic Parks was live streaming the 74th Anniversary Commemoration for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day; some…