tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post8302495792933211471..comments2023-12-25T03:15:00.044-08:00Comments on Rants From The Rookery: Christmas is comingellroonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-29670253241886172092014-12-17T16:29:49.702-08:002014-12-17T16:29:49.702-08:00I've amassed... truly amassed... great piles o...I've amassed... truly amassed... great piles of stuff to the point I need to have a garage sale. I can't just throw usable things out. So that's the next thing on the docket. Clean out all the stuff!!<br /><br />Something we did do about 10 years or so ago for Christmas, we don't give gifts to adults, but to the kids. <br /><br />I kinda miss presents, but I just go and get what I need when I need it. I am very appreciative and lucky to not need much. (Besides, there are all these neat things at garage sales!)ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-15606592883648292492014-12-16T17:25:58.252-08:002014-12-16T17:25:58.252-08:00Hang in there, ellroon. Nothing that leans to the ...Hang in there, ellroon. Nothing that leans to the left can be all bad...<br /><br />Three of us in my circle regularly exchange gifts, all of us single, old and childless. Several Christmases recently one friend asked Stella and me to give her a charitable donation; I know her well enough to know she really meant it, and last year and this year that's what we actually did... last year we gave her the Houston Food Bank; this year, it's Doctors Without Borders. Stella and I have (for the most part) reduced the flow of material goods to one present each direction, usually a book; this year, my dear mate, literally a prizewinning poet herself, is receiving a book of Mary Oliver's work.<br /><br />I don't know why we didn't get to this point before age sixty-something; it's truly a manifestation of sanity. Better late than never, I suppose.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-62100389386995324052014-12-14T23:06:22.422-08:002014-12-14T23:06:22.422-08:00Ah! You have moved more times than I ever have. ...Ah! You have moved more times than I ever have. Hope the new place treats you well and you can settle comfortably!ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-44213810479691561532014-12-14T23:02:52.190-08:002014-12-14T23:02:52.190-08:00methinks you have your santa-cam perched over me s...methinks you have your santa-cam perched over me shoulder. No finals but still living out-of-boxes due to the move.sagegrouchnoreply@blogger.com