MissMeliss | December 31, 2008
A 2008 Best of Holidailies Selection. Thanks, Holidailies Reviewers!
Just as plastic trees become objects of wonder just as they’re bedecked with fairy lights and ornaments, Christmas decorations, in general, become unmagical as soon as the Christmas season is over.
For some, this change happens around the 6th of January - Epiphany, the 12th Day of Christmas. [...]
MissMeliss | December 7, 2008
While I decorated the mantel with my collection of Victorian Santa Clauses, including, this year, one carved from driftwood, Fuzzy shaped the plastic tree, spreading all the branches, and making it look more like a tree and less like a tall plastic shadow in my dining room. He then fixed the wiring in the ceramic table-top tree my grandmother made years ago.
MissMeliss | December 2, 2008
Because I’m part of the Positivity Experiment this week, I refrained from my usual scathing-but-affectionate remarks about the level of sophistication his palate may or may not have, and said, pushing a smile into my voice, “I know this, but we need something heartier to go with soup, so go to the bakery in the front of the store, where the wood-fired ovens are, and pick something that looks interesting.”
MissMeliss | December 1, 2008
t’s even more fitting, as we enter this month that is packed full of holidays (Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Solstice, etc.), that we remember that sometimes the best gift we can give is something small - greeting card to a solider serving overseas, the offer of a home-cooked meal to someone who doesn’t have local family, the seventeen gazillion (or three) bags of bottles, cans, and other recyclables that will grace the curb strip in front of my house on Thursday morning…which may seem ordinary to those of you in California, but here in Texas recycling isn’t mandatory.
MissMeliss | November 26, 2008
I originally posted this on 22 November 2006, but when I went looking for my hard copy last night, could NOT find it. Thank goodness for saved archives and cached pages. I present this again, in case anyone needs it, and because I need to save it again anyway.
Turkey Stuffing and Gravy Recipe,by Edward F. [...]
MissMeliss | November 21, 2008
Just as productivity breeds productivity, and having a job makes you more attractive to prospective employers, I believe that we make our own happiness. Sadly, I don’t always act on this belief, but the awesome and wonderful Tabz has come up with a way to help us all be better at it. Here’s what [...]
MissMeliss | February 14, 2008
I first encountered this several years ago in a piece of fanfic, and it’s been my favorite valentine poem ever since.
The things about you I appreciate may seem indelicate:
I’d like to find you in the shower
And chase the soap for half an hour.
I’d like to have you in my power and see you eyes dilate.
I’d [...]