13 Thursday Sale
1. On Christmas Eve I was reminded of questions like ‘how many people can you fit in a phone booth (do they still exist?) or ‘how many can you fit in a Volkswagen?’ See what I mean HERE.
2. Why did the chicken cross the road? I really did wonder that when I had to slow down for one that was crossing the parkway when I was driving to Roanoke recently.
3. I’m not much of a joiner but I couldn’t resist joining the facebook club “I got a fruitcake for Christmas.”
4. I also got a German stollen, which made me wonder what my husband was trying to fatten me up for.
5. My son Josh came home like a Santa, brought pottery and wood cutting board gifts, fixed my kitchen chairs, and turned Joe and I on to on to “Flight of the Conchords,” which we watched video clips of on the laptop at the kitchen table HERE.
6. Speaking of tables, Bryce is right at home on top on the one pictured above.
7. Best recent poetic comment from a reader on my winter ice storm pictures: In the forest as sun went on trees there was this depth of tinkle as ice released and fell in a cascade like bells.
8. PBS makes me cry. While Joe was away running a teen meditation retreat I watched a show on Gus Saint-Gaudens and his sculpture, some of which brought tears to my eyes. The next night I was inspired and sometimes moved to tears by PBS specials on the lives of Louisa May Alcott, the 1800’s author most famous for Little Women, and 1930’s author of the original Nancy Drew classics, Millie Benson, two very accomplished, feisty and creative women.
9. Louisa May Alcott used hashish and opium and had what is known today as Lupus. On her deathbed at the premature age of 55 her last words were, “Is it not meningitis?”
10. I think the back-to-the-landers who started communes in Floyd in the 70’s could be the reincarnated Transcendentalists of Louisa May Alcott’s time who started utopian communities in the 1800s.
11. Since Joe’s been away, I’ve been feeling guilty about all the wood it takes to heat the whole house for one person, but it’s been New York cold here.
12. A cherry pie is merry but the romance of Christmas is short lived. The day after I want to turn over and fall to sleep.
13. Watch me yell, “I LOVE 13!” HERE
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December 31st, 2009 12:45 am
I never knew that about Alcott. Learn something new every day!
Happy T13!
December 31st, 2009 4:18 am
LOL – speaking of chickens – my husband was muttering about the duck he had to give way for before he could pull into our driveway tonight. We live in the middle of town. Happy New Year.
December 31st, 2009 4:24 am
Wow! what a list.. care to see my T13?
December 31st, 2009 7:55 am
I always enjoy your lists. What an adorable picture of Bryce.
Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2009 8:01 am
I am sorry I missed that show on Millie Benson; one of my childhood dreams was to grow up and write Nancy Drew books.
Happy New Year, may 2010 be one of your best years ever.
December 31st, 2009 8:39 am
Regarding #2: There’s one stretch of the road on my way to the grocery store where there’s always at least ten chickens right at the edge of the road, and I have to slow way down to make sure I don’t hit them. It’s a high-speed, high-traffic section of the road, so I’m surprised that I’ve only seen a dead chicken once.
December 31st, 2009 9:25 am
You know, I had the number 13 in my work yankee swap! Happy New Year to you and yours, Colleen 🙂
December 31st, 2009 9:45 am
Martin calls my year end video the fruitcake of our family Christmas. Hope you have a wonderful New Year!!! xxxooo!
December 31st, 2009 10:35 am
Happy New Year, Colleen. I think you could be right about the people who started the communes.
December 31st, 2009 10:47 am
I really need to watch PBS more often. Have a happy new year!
December 31st, 2009 11:15 am
I see you don’t have any resolutions for the New Year either, so I wish you a happy one !
December 31st, 2009 11:30 am
I never knew that about Louisa May Alcott. It makes you wonder what all those people had who died of the “bloody flux” or “Japanese head” or “softening of the brain.” by the way, I loved the snowy picture of the cabin.
December 31st, 2009 11:36 am
I’m sure she was trying to alleviate her pain from Lupus, but she was an all around non-conformist.
December 31st, 2009 12:38 pm
A Terrific and Timely TT!
It is sale season all round!
I wish you…
love and luck and so much more on the auspicious occasion of NEW YEAR’S EVE and 2010.
May all your resolutions and dreams come true!
hugs!
December 31st, 2009 2:12 pm
Good list.
December 31st, 2009 2:24 pm
How did I miss the PBS special on Louisa May Alcott and Millie Benson! Two of my favorite authors from childhood!!
December 31st, 2009 2:33 pm
I just watched you shouting. Now you seem real!
Happy New Year!
December 31st, 2009 2:50 pm
I love PBS too though it doesn’t usually make me cry. I missed the specials on Louisa May Alcott and Millie Benson. I devoured their books when I was younger. Reading your list reminds me how much I enjoy your ’13s’ and I’m making a mental note to be sure I stop by more often. Glad you’re staying warm. Wishing you and yours a Joyous New Year!
Hugs and blessings,
December 31st, 2009 3:25 pm
Hope you had a wonderful holiday and have a happy new year! Have a great Thursday 13!
Hope you enjoy my potentially offensive Thursday 13 this week!
December 31st, 2009 5:42 pm
I love you 13 times!!! xox
HAPPY 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 31st, 2009 6:59 pm
Wonderful 13 🙂
Happy New Year to you 🙂
December 31st, 2009 9:33 pm
If you’re real careful and ration the stollen, you’ll be fine. Unfortunately, it is quite addictive, especially toasted with butter!!
December 31st, 2009 10:04 pm
Between the stollen, the fruitcake, and the beer Josh brought from the brewery he works at, I think they are trying to fatten me up for something!
There’s a woman in Floyd who makes the best stollen and sells it at the Harvest Moon. This one is not that, wish it was.
January 4th, 2010 3:01 pm
thanks. I went to say so before but browser crashed.
8 and 9 interesting.
4, 🙂 hm, a good fat layer is buffer against blackouts.