Christmas Eve 2020 The following paragraphs are taken directly from the 1949 edition of The Little Golden Books, published by Golden...

7 December 2020 I am presently progressing, or plowing, through the translation of the first chapter of the Final Book, Book 7, of THE...

Christmas 2019 One of my all-time favorite tele-visual feasts at Christmastime is Episode #10 of Season 1 of Early Edition. This vintage...

Christmas 2019 Western Gifts from Writers These literary gifts are from writers of Western Civilization, but not necessarily from writers...

21 December 2019 Solstice Saturday Light in the Darkness I am thinking today of a girl whom I knew, or thought I knew, as a child. She...

17 December 2018 I awoke this morning at 7 or so. This awakening was not a matter of being fully awake. I did not open my eyes. My...

Christmas is the time of giving and sharing. I feel especially generous this Christmas season, and I wish to give to readers of this...

Christmas 2017 The Good Shepherd: Psalm 23 Briefly, I knew a sheepherder from the Basque country in Spain. He was a man of immense...

California Winter Solstice 2017 The New Normal has become people saying, “It’s the new normal.” They claim random events are the New...

Making Spirits Bright: Dean’s Take on Peace on Earth The song “Peace on Earth” was written by Peggy Lee and Sonny Burke for the Disney...

Mid-December 2017 Last week, during the end of this month of December, 2017, I awoke with the strains in my head of the duet that Ginger...

December 2017 Recently I saw this advertising ploy on a package of cookies that I usually enjoy: Unapologetically Delicious . First, I...

This holiday season, I offer frivolity and folksy gifts from writers for friends, fans and first-time readers of this website. I also...

Yesterday, we were oot and aboot, as the Scots would say. Two weeks of rain, fog, low clouds, high clouds, mid-level clouds and steamy...

Christmas is a time for love. There are perhaps as many kinds of love as there are kinds of people, but love, in essence, is a...

Christmas comes but once a year and yet the Christmas spirit can endure throughout the year, given the proper attitude and the right...

As the year comes to an end and holidays are celebrated, I would like to offer some gifts in a literary vein to anyone who enjoys good...