“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 (#309) for 2015 on this New Year's Eve -…
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 real snail mail is an unexpected treat. It…
‘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 the Elderly - which encourages people to anonymously…
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 of penmanship, and the McGuffey's Readers lessons still available.…
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 from a scene in the movie "Annie" (1982). In…
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 year to get an early start and be more…
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 from the classic TV special. Fifty years! Today…
“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 CD "A Christmas Together" it was (and still…
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 fun - namely "The Chipmunk Song" (1958) and "I want…
“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 blogging daily since launching this site! How the time…
“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 is (6 x 7) that is found on…
“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 books about Dogs that were real special and today's blog…
“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 Ghost-Story of Christmas". The first time I recall…
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 Force Awakens". There are several friends I know…
“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 Housekeeping December 1931 magazine. It is called "The…
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 the Charlie Brown Christmas stamps on me which…
“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 it? Although the book was first published in…
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 our deadlines for getting our packages into the…
“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 Tips and Truths About Aging". It is truly…
“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 - I love to have it include watching…
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