Monthly Archive: December 2006

Dec
11

Inside the Mind of a Holiday Grouch

This column first appeared in print on December 13, 2006 in that day’s issue of the Inter-County Leader. I was sitting on the couch Sunday when it started. “Slow Down!” “Be Careful With That!” “Crash!” One of the things all parents have is a sort of superhuman sixth sense (kind of like Spiderman’s) that warns …

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Dec
01

Holiday Stress–Revisited

This article was first published here in December of 2004. I wrote it with the help of a couple of editing angels. It’s a long story, but those angels really did a lot for me back then. I was trying to promote a project that I was working on (if you visit please don’t order, …

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