Self-tutoring about holidays: the tutor wonders which is the favourite. Decades ago, someone told me that Halloween is second in holiday spending, with Christmas obviously first. That may’ve been true then, but perhaps not anymore. Out of curiosity, I checked …
Self-tutoring about people and events of the past: the tutor reflects about his most fun Halloween as a kid. In 1975, I lived on a country road where the houses were far apart. I think, that Halloween, I might’ve gone …
Self-tutoring about the Thanksgiving time of year: the tutor reflects… When I was a kid, I lived in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, from April of grade four to the end of grade seven. It was a formative time of …
Self-tutoring about Christmas traditions: the tutor mentions how he kept one this year. I mention in my Christmas post from 2019 a tradition of last minute shopping at the drugstore. I continued the tradition yesterday evening. There were a few …
Self-tutoring about Thanksgiving: the tutor reflects…. My earliest memories of Thanksgiving are from the Maritimes, in elementary school. My elementary teachers loved to decorate their rooms to point to a coming occasion: cardboard cutouts of turkeys, cornucopia, and pumpkins went …
Self-tutoring about roses and their relation to holidays: the tutor mentions white roses. I bought three roses for my wife for Valentine’s Day. The red and yellow were planned; the white was impulse. Red means love, yellow, friendship…what about white? …
Self-tutoring about the recent Christmas season: does it endure? We’ve all heard of the Twelve Days of Christmas, which run Dec 25 through Jan 5. Yet, can Christmas endure even past then? Last night, January 5th, I walked some blocks …
Self-tutoring about holidays: the tutor sends his greetings… Happy holidays, everyone. On Christmas Eve, I want to share some history. My mother’s parents ended up in a little town in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. For retail, the town might …
Self-tutoring about anticipation: the tutor reflects…. When I was a kid, looking forward to Christmas brought endless pleasure from about this time of year. The holiday lights, the store displays, colouring Christmas scenes, the specials on TV…it was wonderful. Married …
Self-tutoring about parties and music: the tutor shares about last Saturday night. I attended A Grave Affair on October 26, 2019. It was a Halloween party hosted by CR Head Injury and was a lot of fun. My wife and …