virtual advent 2023: perchten im salzburgerland
Perchten are kinda like Krampus – only different! Read on about this Austrian Advent tradition!
virtual advent 2023: a very dick van dyke christms
Christmas comes to Dick Van Dyke – twice – as we recognize the star’s 98th birthday Virtual Advent style!
virtual advent 2023: john lennon and the world’s largest christmas gift
Somehow I manage to link John Lennon, Christmas, and the Statue of Liberty. Read on!
virtual advent 2022: more on vince, lee, and sparky
As you know by now I’m a huge fan of the soundtrack to A Charlie Brown Christmas. It’s one of…
virtual advent 2022: go shawty, it’s your birthday (and other things you can’t unhear)
Have I become predictable in this #VirtualAdventTour stuff? Perhaps. But I really like sharing weird holiday music so I am…
virtual advent 2022: ladies and gentlemen… the concert that will never, ever happen
I have a post I want to write for sprite’s Virtual Advent but it would take too much time and…
coffeeneuring 2022: buzzing on the (mostly) cheap
Once again I did the Coffeeneuring Challenge, as hosted by Chasing Mailboxes (a.k.a. Mary G. and her Trusty Intern). As…
virtual advent 2022: more weird christmas stuff
It always seems that I write at least one Virtual Advent post about oddball Christmas and holiday seasonal stuff. This…
showing my roots
My mom passed away on January 12 after a prolonged illness. I have more to say about that later, once…
virtual advent 2021: zcmi’s 2021 offerings
Is this becoming an annual tradition? Maybe! In 2019 and 2020 I covered the holiday window decorations from ZCMI (now…