That's the problem. I can't think of a single original thing to say which you haven't already heard a dozen times on TV, radio or in the paper. So instead of sharing my vast store of ignorance and resulting opinion about Iraq, an ancient nation of whose history I couldn't cite a single fact prior to 1992, I'm just going to sit here, put my feet up, and stare at my Christmas tree. This is a pretty good tree, if I may say so myself. Didn't have to cut off the top to get the angel on this year.
Trees always look smaller in the lot than they do in the living room.
Each January when we take the tree down, I saw off a branch or piece of trunk and save it to make a Christmas ornament for next year's tree. These handmade ornaments aren't fancy - just a little something to remind us of each Christmas, and to become a part of future Christmases. For example, here are two ornaments with pictures of babies glued on, one marked 1987 and the other 1989. You can probably guess what was happening those holidays. Here's a little reindeer, a star of David, a candy cane.