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Tag Archives: Nostalgia
Time, warped
During a trip to my Dad’s this weekend, I ventured into the basement — a catch-all storage area the size of the entire footprint of the house, wherein one might discover any sort of stray memory. He led me down there … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Nostalgia, Writing
Tagged college, Dean's List, humor, Nostalgia, virginia tech
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The ninth song of Christmas: Can’t polka hole in this one
If December’s weeknights belonged to Mom and Nanny and candlelight reverence, its Sunday afternoons belonged to Dad and goofy tunes by sunlight. That’s when we pulled a different set of albums from the stack, listening to big bands being a … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Music, Nostalgia
Tagged big band, carols, Christmas, humor, Mitch Miller and the Gang, music, Must Be Santa, Nostalgia, songs, The Ray Conniff Singers
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The third song of Christmas: Not a who, but a what
For an indeterminate amount of time in my memories of that period in my life, my older brother Walter set up a music station in the corner of our dining room. He had a turntable, headphones, and scads of LPs … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Family, Music, Nostalgia
Tagged Beach Boys, carols, Christmas, humor, Littls Saint Nick, music, Nostalgia, parody, songs
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The first song of Christmas: The gold standard
Every November, the stacking would begin. We would pull the old Christmas LPs out of the storage compartment of the antique radio and out of the messy existing stack on the bottommost inset shelf in the wall in the corner … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Family, Music, Nostalgia
Tagged Andy Williams, carols, Christmas, humor, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, music, Nostalgia, songs
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The ghosts of Christmas presents
With eight kids, 11 grandkids, and an ever-fluctuating number of in-laws, my parents were on the hook for a lot of gifts over the years. I still remember the enormous piles of Christmas presents “under” the tree each year. This … Continue reading
The politics of Dan sing
Hey, have you heard? There’s a presidential election coming up! Yep. Couple of guys named Obama and Romney, plus some future also-rans. Maybe you’ve heard a thing or two about them on the news. Or in commercials. Or at the office. Or … Continue reading
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