The first line of the winter storm should be hitting us within the hour; according to the doppler the edge of it is just coming into Chapel Hill now. I still get excited as a child for a Major Weather Event (other than heat waves and cold waves, which are merely uncomfortable rather than dramatic); [...]

Share on Facebook

[Read more →]

We’re down to one pfefferneuse and a handful of springerle in the cookie tin, and the last of the foil-wrapped chocolates have been dumped into the candy dish. The tree’s gotta come down this weekend, along with the Russian dolls (the next-to-smallest having disappeared in a time lost to memory), the Christmas stockings (the “Joy” [...]

Share on Facebook

[Read more →]

Jon Carroll wrote a new Thanksgiving column! He has reprinted the same one every year for many years, changing only one line in which he mentions particular public figures in the news that year. His traditional column captures pretty much everything that’s great about this holiday. His current one can be found here (if it’s [...]

Share on Facebook

[Read more →]