HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY 2019 With so much pain in this world these days, I feel a bit vapid, celebrating a…

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019! Of course, I want to start off 2019 by wishing you all a fabulous, healthful, and…

HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE 2018-2019 As I’m sure many others do, too, I get a tad sad as New Year’s…

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2018 As many of you know by now, today is exactly seven years since I saw my precious…

HAPPY HANUKKAH 2018 I love that Hanukkah has come early this year, right after the also-early Thanksgiving, and with enough…

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2018 This will be the most difficult Thanksgiving for so many Californians, and my heart totally goes out…

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2018 As I previously pointed-out when this situation arose in 2012, it’s always a tad disappointing when Halloween…

HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEK-END 2018 It’s always a tad bittersweet when this holiday rolls around. It’s a festive three-day week-end…

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY 2018 Well, let’s call a spade a spade–it sucks for July 4th to fall in the…

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY WEEK-END 2018 As jokey as I always am, Memorial Day is one topic I’m serious about. It’s…