It all started when my older brother said something about Christmas being the only time of year anyone could tolerate Mitch Miller and my younger brother expressed surprise that Mitch Miller did anything other than Christmas. Pretty soon we were tumbling down the rabbit hole of nostalgia that required copious Google searches and way more …
Author Archives: Jeanne Jackson
Foreclosure’s Disappearing Act
December 17, 2008 – 10:44 am
I’m seeing more and more houses with The Look: Empty windows, a few pieces of debris on the front lawn, no cars. Soon a “For Sale” sign will go up and then, inevitably, “For Rent.” This area of the Shenandoah Valley houses a lot of blue collar families. The current wave of bankruptcies and foreclosures …
Can’t Buy Me Love
December 10, 2008 – 11:28 am
I came very close to chucking the entire holiday season this year. Not only because the world economy is making it particularly challenging in terms of mustering holiday cheer, but our personal economy wasn’t faring too well either. On the surface it seems any sort of celebration would be obscene in the face of so …
