byLeslie Carbone
Happy December! I wish I could give you the gift of more time, but I can give you a little something to help you plan the time we all have. I’ve created my planning calendar for 2019, and I’d love to share it with you as a Christmas gift. I hope the quotations encourage you,…
byLeslie Carbone
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Also the most expensive. And the busiest. But with a little strategy, you can use the busyness to take some bite out of the expense. How? By making sure you’re getting the maximum cash back for all the gift-giving, grocery shopping, show-going, dining out, and hosting and…
byLeslie Carbone
Merry Christmas! I wish I could give you the gift of more time, but I can give you a little something to help you plan the time we all have. I’ve created my planning calendar for 2018, and I’d love to share it with you as a Christmas gift. I hope you enjoy the quotations,…
byLeslie Carbone
The bare trees stood a spooky blackish brown against the grey sky, their finger-y branches reaching out as if to grab someone. The evergreens enjoyed their once-yearly time to shine as the brightest family in the neighborhood. The mountains appeared to step forward, their white, grey, blue, and occasional purple unobscured by blooming flowers or…
byLeslie Carbone
Christmas was extra-special this year because it was the first one I spent with my now two-year-old niece. And it was worth trying to drive up to my parents’ Massachusetts home between snowstorms. I didn’t quite meet that challenge; the snow started up again while I was in Connecticut, but I managed to slide my…
byLeslie Carbone
Owing to the demands of Christmas, Slaying Leviathan, and the rest of life, posting at this blog will be infrequent until 2009. Merry Christmas! Leslie CarboneLeslie Carbone is a former Cabinet speechwriter who’s having much more fun as a lifestyle blogger. RedditShareTweetPin
byLeslie Carbone
You just never want to see this sign. I used to fly when I visited my parents in Massachusetts. Three Christmases ago, this trauma even came with a compensation. The flight attendant was a former New York City cop, which gave a special sweetness to the landing announcement: Ladeez an gennulmun, welcome tah Booistun–home of…
byLeslie Carbone
Thanks to those of you who made last week’s post on Christmas decorations at Colonial Williamsburg so popular, I’m posting some more pictures here. The horn shape is a sign of prosperity: Real ribbon, an 18th-century luxury item, is used to hang these simple wreaths at the milliner’s shop: This wreath is a horse’s collar:…