A Christmas Yuleblog

I received a phone call this morning from my father-in-law, a hearty fellow with a dry sense of humor. If you happened to see "The FPT Christmas Revue", you might remember a character from Act II - a retiree who was spending his first Christmas in an assisted living facility. That character was loosely based on my father-in-law (you gotta write what you know about). Ed called here early this morning as I was waking up: "I wanna thank you for scaring all the mice out of our house..." Huh? I'm not sure what he was getting at... "They printed your interview in the morning paper... Front page too!" he stated plainly. Then I really woke up. A few weeks back, I was interviewed by Frank Gray, a gent who works for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, for a piece I had hoped would run before the run of the revue ended. As it turned out, they pushed it back to run today (of all days). If this seems familiar, this was the same newspaper that ran a C...

December 25th has finally arrived! Thanks for taking time out of your holiday to visit us at the yuleblog - especially to all of our first time visitors who are looking in today! Earlier this morning, I woke up, got dressed quickly, and ran quietly downstairs past the bedrooms of my kids. I wasn't heading to see if Santa came and left presents under the tree. I ran past the tree, past the fireplace where the stockings were hung and bulging with flair, and past the fridge (a major accomplishment for me in the AM). I headed outdoors like a kid running to see what was under the Christmas tree. I braved the Christmas cold to retrieve my copy of the Journal-Gazette , the morning newspaper of my hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Emma Downs has been writing for the newspaper for several years. Last week, she called me about my annual Christmas CDs and my Christmas music obsession after receiving a copy of my annual Christmas CD. A phone interview was arranged, I supplied seve...