Tag: hanukkah
This Bear’s Repeating
Artwork by Lauren Faulkenberry. Idea/text by Bill Spencer. (Bill Spencer is author of Uranus Is Always Funny: Short Essays to Make You Laugh Lauren Faulkenberry is a novelist and illustrator living in western North Carolina. Originally […]
We Love the Tchotchkes of Christmas
We’re Jewish. Our husbands are Jewish and our kids are Jewish. We’ve been Jewish for thousands of years. It’s not news to us that we don’t celebrate Christmas. We’ve never had a Christmas tree. Never cooked a holiday ham. […]
A Thanksgiving Thank You
I’d like to report a chat I had today with Madam’s number two hairball pet—the cat. I’m referring to the Fluff Muffin Cat who tours around Minnesota like the dog, perched on the console of […]
Chanukah Schmanukah
Yes, my khev’reh, my friends, it is certainly that time of year again. The time of candles that are lit on 8 nights; the time of crappy presents and lights. It’s that time of year, […]