I make a modest living organizing letters – using a variety of fonts – into words and phrases. Some are poignant, most are just silly. I sell these textual word art designs on a variety of products – tees, mugs, iPhone cases, buttons, etc. But of the thousands of designs […]
12 years ago tonight a 20-year old redheaded gal and I, her elder by nearly 3 years, attended our company’s holiday party together at the Embassy Suites airport hotel in Philadelphia (glamorous, I know). She was involved with another, a rather pathetic fella who lived in her parent’s South Philly […]
Last week I was casually flipping around during a commercial break of some sporting event when I happened upon WHYY (my local PBS station). This is a somewhat common occurrence thanks to it’s proximity to the ESPN suite of channels, that and the TBS/TNT/CW package in between couldn’t be more […]
After back-to-back postings, I’m prepared to call it the official Christmas song of OWTK…watch out, ’cause I might just post a different version of “Silent Night” every day until the 25th. Dan Zanes interpretation of “Silent Night” is about as earthy and gorgeous as you’d expect, framed so exquisitely in […]
I’m always surprised by just how much I like this particular Christmas tune. It’s got an “Amazing Grace” quality that soothes and pleases me to no end, in spite of it’s religiousness. Lloyd Miller of the Brooklyn kindie band The Deedle Deedle Dees gives a nice rendition via his Youtube […]
A couple of years ago, OWTK was fortunate enough to meet Jane Yolen and listen to her read one of her fairy books in the Enchanted Woods of Winterthur. Surrounded by nature, far removed from the sounds of civilization proved the idealistic setting to hear Yolen read aloud. She’s the […]
Built on the idea that the shortest way to Santa’s heart is through his belly and the swiftest path to the hearts & minds of children everywhere is through singing cows, DidiPop presents “Let’s Make Santa Happy Tonight”. Enjoy the cartoon video for this delightful original, ukulele-strummed Christmas tune:
OTHER GOOSE by J. Otto Seibold I prefer day baseball. It’s gotta be turkey on Thanksgiving. Ham at Christmas. Otherwise, I’m not a traditionalist. At least, not in the traditional sense. That may be why J. Otto Seibold’s (Olive the Other Reindeer, Vunce Upon A Time) newest, and most outlandish […]
