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Category Archives: Holidays
Time Swooshes into Another Holiday Season
How did it get late so soon? It’s night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get late so soon? Dr. Suess (1904 – 1991) It seems just … Continue reading
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5 (or more?) Gift Ideas for Dad on Father’s Day
Hey kids, here’s a short and sweet Father’s Day list if you’re procrastinating. The listed order is unimportant, except for #3. Cam-buckles and tie straps. These range in length from 12 inches to 24 feet. They’re handy to secure loads … Continue reading
Christmas Tree Hunt is Annual Tradition
Don’t call the Sierra Club. The wood we chop isn’t for building or heating. We are Christmas tree hunters—amateur lumberjacks that thin the forest one tree at a time. The permit costs $10 but getting lost is free.
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Time well spent is all guy wants
No matter where you are at any given moment today it’s either tomorrow or yesterday somewhere else. Years ago I visited Sweden which is nine hours ahead of California. I returned to work and a colleague handed me a fax … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Parent and Kids
Tagged chico, eric miller freelance writer, etcguy, etcguy facebook, hourglass, infinity scarf, lu lu's, mayan calendar, Stockholm, Sweden, work bench vise
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Wife Trumps Husband at Christmas
The human brain starts working the moment one’s born. For guys, it stops the moment they speak to their mate. Guys process information in the left hemisphere of the brain, or left brain. We’re task oriented problem solvers. I took … Continue reading
No Gravy for Pets this Christmas
I stepped in it before I said it. It was the dawn of December 26. Sunlight peeked over the horizon, chasing away a cluster of stars faintly twinkling in the western sky. I yawned and switched on the coffee pot. … Continue reading
Veteran Pen Pal Comes Knocking at Door
Previously published in the Chico Enterprise-Record (2012) & updated for Growing Up Chico Magazine (2013) Eighty words bridged seven thousand miles. “Write to a soldier and cheer them up,” said Mrs. Larsen, while coordinating a holiday writing campaign for her … Continue reading
Dad’s Halloween Costume Scares Neighborhood, But the Kids are OK
“Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.” Dr. Seuss The mornings after Halloween are the only days of the year my kids get a hall pass to eat caramel apples for breakfast. The apples are healthy, … Continue reading
Wife Tricks Husband Into Eating Eggplant
If eggplant had a Facebook page, I wouldn’t LIKE it. I would not be a friend. I love fruits and vegetables but regardless of its specie, eggplant may as well be liver. I spring away from eggplant farther than a … Continue reading
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Tagged ambien, chico, eggplant, eric miller freelance writer, halloween tricks, plant-tone, Ratatouille, top chef eggplant
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