By: Brian Minter,
on 12/4/2012
What to give your favorite aunt (or anyone else) for Christmas? Fruit cake? A reindeer scarf? Those mittens that are attached together with yarn?
How about the gift of reading to kids in need, in her name?
That’s right, every $2.50 you donate provides a brand-new, high-quality book for a child from a low-income family. Your favorite aunt will love it. and you can let her know with one of these snazzy e-cards:
By: Bill Kirk,
on 12/7/2010
(Childhood winter time memories stay with us wherever we go. May these recollections take you back and bring you home.)
"Remembering Winter"
(North Dakota Horizons, 2007)
Silhouetted sentries stare,
Standing leafless, stark and bare.
Snowflakes, on their wingless flights,
Swirl in winter wind that bites….
Silv'ry, golden strings of lights,
Star-filled skies on nippy nights.
Snowsuits, mittens, itchy tights,
Sledding, skating, snowball fights;
Steaming cocoa-whispered sips,
Smiles on children's rosy lips.
Sticky, frosted finger tips;
Scrumptious s'mores and chocolate chips;
Scents of winter in the air,
Sounds of children everywhere;
Stockings filled with special treats,
Stories Grandpa still repeats.
Simply said, though far you roam,
Special memories bring you home.
