The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: decorations

  • The Post-Holiday Snarkle

    I think I need some fruitcake. Not.

  • Christmas Lights

    Colored lights at night are absolutely gorgeous.

  • It’s Ornamental, My Dear Christmas!

    In case you haven’t heard me lament this fact before: I’m single. At this time of year, that means I don’t bother putting up a Christmas tree. It just seems like too much effort when no one but me will appreciate it. But I can’t seem to give up one tradition: I buy myself a…

  • The Birthday Chair

    It’s funny sometimes how you entirely forget things that used to loom so large in your life. When I was very small, my mother used to have this delightful tradition on our birthdays. She would allow us to sit at the head of the table in a tall backed chair which she had decorated with…

  • The First Christmas Commercial

    This year I saw my first official Christmas commercial on November eleventh. Already? Decorations in the stores cannot be far behind. I feel like I’ll have to take a really deep breath and sink below the surface of society between now and January second, because it has become too much to take. Honestly, the Christmas…