Opinion

“Whose Line Is It Anyway?” was a comedy television show that was hosted by Drew Carey from 1998 – 2007. The show consisted of a group of four people acting out comedy sketches on-the-spot with suggestions and ideas from the live audience.

Good-bye, November. Hello, December. The year is just flying by. And all the 10 year olds are thinking, “why does time go so slow?” Was Thanksgiveus just a week ago? Uff da. I have so much yet to do before Christmas. Gifts to buy, decorations to put up, tree to buy. Or just sit and watch the world go by.

I was introduced to the Audubon Christmas Bird Count while living in Alaska where you might not expect any hardy feathered souls to still be hanging out up there in the wintry North Pacific. Despite ice forming on my kayak as I tracked down shorebirds along the rocky outcroppings surrounding Kodiak, it was a satisfying experience on many levels.

You know you have a bad birdseed mix when even the starlings won’t eat what you’ve loaded onto your bird feeder! Like most products, you get what you pay for. Cheap suet cakes mean cheap ingredients - the kind even the lowly starlings shun.

Yesterday I was “supervising” some work in the basement – keeping my friend company who was trying to figure out a water drainage issue. I don’t hang on to a lot of things but since I started writing in journals six years ago, I’ve kept all of them in a bookshelf.

Have you recovered yet from overeating on Thanksgiveus? My answer is maybe. It was tough to move for a few hours after dinner Thursday. I went to dinner at the home of my niece, Jenni. The food was excellent and the company was superb. We waited a few hours before we had pie.

While I am quite fond of the Vince Guaraldi, the solo artist and his Trio, there are limits to my affection. I happen to dislike Christmas songs. Yes, each and every one of them. Even the ones by the Vince Guaraldi and his Trio.