Monthly Archives: December, 2022

Look What We Did With the Old Tree

Chris Erskine - December 29, 2022

If it wasn’t for coffee, I wouldn’t even be alive right now. So, thank you, coffee, for all you do.Even our dog has a...

To the Naughty … and the Nice

Chris Erskine - December 22, 2022

Merry Christmas if you really nailed it this year. Merry Christmas if you didn’t.Merry Christmas is you dropped five bucks in the big red...

The Leaning Tower of Christmas

Chris Erskine - December 20, 2022

We set out, as all families do, to find a tree with a quiet Bavarian dignity, nothing too grand. Good posture is important. A...

The Christmas Card

Chris Erskine - December 15, 2022

Poet Dobby Gibson notes that the average temperature in the universe is estimated at minus-456 degrees. That makes “room temperature” a miracle.So please proceed...

I Really Miss AYSO. Seriously.

Chris Erskine - December 5, 2022

First published in the Dec. 3 print issue of the Glendale News-Press. Confession: I’m 100% Scorpio-American. My birthstone is sulfuric acid. My patron saint is...