Posts tagged ‘Christmas’

The so-called fashion world is abuzz this morning because First Scowl Michelle OBummer wore a vintage [second-hand] dress to a Christmas event.  Somehow we’re supposed to be impressed that the thing was used [recycling] and that the once-famous designer is dead, yet the 1950s dress still costs $2500.oo.  That’s a mortgage payment right there. So [...]

The Eighty Mile Donkey Ride

December 24th, 2009

Imagine yourself a teenage girl –  very very pregnant by a miracle you didn’t fully understand,  and saved from being pilloried by the townspeople by a kind gentle older man who claimed you as his wife.  Imagine you are traveling to Bethlehem – the town of David – to register for the Roman Emperor and [...]