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Of course, life is meant to live, And of our blessings we should give That which has helped us to appreciate The world which surrounds us all, And meets the needs of great and small, No matter what...
View ArticleLet the holiday season begin
This is the time of the year holidays get into full steam. It begins with Halloween when people put on a scary face and ends with New Year’s day when people put on a new face. I could never figure out...
View Article‘Tis the Season to Stuff Myself like a Turkey and Get Away with It
Now that summer is out of the way and the holiday season has begun, I can throw out the kitchen window all of those diet restrictions introduced by the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. After all,...
View ArticleIt Was a Charles Dickens Kind of Year
While many people are out on a shopping spree to liquidate any cash reserves they might have left, I am taking this time to do a little bit of reflection. Shopping is not my favorite thing to do. I...
View ArticleIt Was a Charles Dickens Kind of Year
While many people are out on a shopping spree to liquidate any cash reserves they might have left, I am taking this time to do a little bit of reflection. Shopping is not my favorite thing to do. I...
View ArticleSalvation Army Angel Tree Gift Distribution
On the second day of the Salvation Army distribution of Angel Tree donations, hundreds of Jacksonville families gather in the Regency Square Mall to receive toys, clothes and gifts for their children....
View ArticleA Grandfather’s Stand on the Father Christmas Hullabaloo
During this time of the year, a certain controversy raises its ugly red-scarfed head. Year after year, this hullabaloo continues and nobody has taken the initiative to deal with this holiday wrangling....
View ArticleA Grandfather’s Stand on the Father Christmas Hullabaloo
During this time of the year, a certain controversy raises its ugly red-scarfed head. Year after year, this hullabaloo continues and nobody has taken the initiative to deal with this holiday wrangling....
View ArticleBig Orange Chorus offers senior-friendly pricing and seating for 2014 Sounds...
Big Orange Chorus offers senior-friendly pricing and seating for 2014 Sounds of the Season, Dec. 20 read more
View ArticleThe Big Orange Chorus to host 2014 Sounds of the Season Christmas Show on...
The Big Orange Chorus, Jacksonville’s men’s barbershop and a cappella chorus, is hosting its annual Christmas Show on Saturday, December 20 at the historic Florida Theater, 128 E. Forsyth Street in...
View ArticleThe Early Turkey Gets the Gobble
I awoke a little groggy and made my way to the kitchen only to be confronted by the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. There are times to confront her and then there are times to run the other way....
View ArticleSanta and Elf Rappel Down Wolfson Children's Hospital
Santa Claus and Santa's elf, played by Tim O'Neal and John Cluts of Nu-View Window Cleaning, rappel down the side of Wolfson Children's Hospital's 11-story J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver tower Friday...
View ArticleWhat It Was, Was Fruitcake
The period between November 1 and January 1 happens to be my favorite time frame. Oh yes, there is the idea of Christmas and Christmas presents and all of that. I certainly enjoy Christmas with my...
View ArticleWavemasters Polar Plunge 2015
Participants in the annual Wavemasters Society Polar Plunge ring in the new year by rushing across the sands of Jacksonville Beach and into the chilly 59 degree water of the Atlantic Ocean Thursday...
View ArticleEverything New Gets Old Too Soon
I am not one to stay up New Year’s Eve to watch some celebrity drop the ball at Times Square at midnight. All year long I have to put up with people dropping the ball so I’m not going to make a...
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