Visible Woman

We didn't have to deal with many gifts this year. And by 'deal' I mean find a place for them, write 'thank you' notes ...

Earlier in the month, I wrote an email to FFP with a sort of facetious Christmas list. But it was also kind of true. Some nice bar soap...

When I sorted through some slides my aunt had saved all these years I found some of a Christmas she must have spent with her sister (the m...

I think most of the people in my generation (Baby Boomers) spent a large part of the autumns of their childhood finding things in a 'W...

Above: the sum total of our Christmas decorations with the tiny tree dwarfed by our presents to each other. (If you don't count our di...

The Visible Woman... owns...umbrellas. These compact little lightweight (they are Tyvek or something) ones from REI got pulled out an...

I haven't purchased a single Christmas present. Oh I sent some fairly large checks to Colorado for my sister and brother-in-law and ...

I just noticed that today's Holidailies writing prompt is 'What is the best thing you ever received for the holidays?' I had j...

I had an impromptu dinner with a friend the other night and said to her: "Oh, there was this great gift I didn't buy you today. It ...

Gift-giving is so fraught. You wrap something up in beautiful paper (or use those ever-handy gift sacks with some bright tissue) and you imb...

I was not looking forward to going to Dad's today. I was getting out of the house to play tennis and so it made sense to go a bit furthe...

I was combing through pictures and found this one from last year about this time at a flea market on Burnet Road. It caught my eye because o...

Before you could say 'boo' for Halloween, the merchants were trotting out Santa and offering free shipping for online purchases as t...

Today's title is the Holidailies Writing Prompt. OK, what does this writing prompt actually mean ? As anyone who reads this probably k...

Last year, Mercury, a gift shop on Second Street with an ever-changing array of wares sported this shop window at Christmas. Let's face ...