New Year's Eve can be as fun as you want it to be! And... Anthony and I are really fortunate to have a group of friends who believe this way as we do. Our usual spot for New Year's Eve is only 5 houses away. This is sooo convenient... particularly when it's time to go home... no need to drive! Our friends' home is a real "party house" ... the back patio op...
As we head to the last holiday of the year, I realize it is also the last holiday of the first decade of the new century. Of course, what I mean is the eve of the holiday for that is what fascinates me, as New Years itself is nothing more than hangovers, parades, and football. What happened to the first ten years of the twenty-first century? I cannot believe...
Gawd, these bloody crowds is rough at times; everyone pushing and shoving to get there, wherever 'there' is. All I wanna do is sell some boxes of matches and get back to my gaff. "Two boxes, Sir?, 'ere you go. That'll be a shilling; thank you, Sir, and 'Appy New Year." The youngsters are the worst, ya' know. They care not a jot for anyone, least of all an...
It's that time of year again. Time to look back on another year. Evaluate your life and the progress you made this year. Time too to set those elusive goals, New Year's Resolutions, whatever you call them. For me, it is something that I have been doing for most of my adult life. In the past decade or so, it has become almost an obsession. I have read dozens,...
She was all alone during these years. After Ravi, her husband had gone to New York since three years. Bipasha was alone in Petermaritzburg. He used to come to home once in five or six months. Ravi was more attracted towards stocks and shares. He didn't want to leave his business in Petermaritzburg without supervision, so Bipasha was looking after it. After...
The end of days of the year was coming. Angel decided to have all his friends over and his girlfriend Buffy to join the festivities of ringing in a new year. Angel had promised his mother that she’d meet Buffy. He also hoped that sister wouldn’t pull any tricks while Buffy was around. It was like she knew that Angel was talking about her and entered the room...
I apologize for the shortness of this post. Spring break is less than 2 weeks away, and I plan to finish the story then. Of course to quote John Lennon from his song "Beautiful Boy", Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans, so we'll see. Thanks again for your support, and as always comments, criticism, and votes are appreciated. WH...
A piece of fiction, told from the wife's perspective... For some reason we never seem to have much of a New Year; something always crops up to get in the way. For years it was the kids - arranging a babysitter for New Year's Eve was virtually impossible in our village, so we never bothered. Then when they were old enough to look after themselves, they wante...
The SeaWolf has ever been a Ship founded on our right to be us. The SeaWolf was originally Sired by Captain Gideon Wolfenbaine the 3rd. Our first event as a house saw us promote Captain Gideon to Baron. First Mate Lar Osito Fenryr then became Captain by making Gideon walk the plank. Captain Osito's first year was a trial by fire. With the crowns and nobility...
It is December Twenty-Sixth. The refrigerator is full, most of the dishes washed. The older children have dispersed to their lives of work and college. The new has not yet worn off the younger ones' toys. And I just finished a goal that I have been striving to do for four years. Not a bad way to end the year (a lot better than the rig-a-ma-roar that was made...