traditions

I'm hearing the music from Fiddler on the Roof --- "Tradition! ...... Tradition .....!"

-- as I begin typing this blog post.  I began a new "tradition" this year, with Tres C. Bass, shown above on Fresh Air Friday at one of our lovely state of Colorado parks.  Free admission -- you can't beat that!  As I was there, I thought about traditions.    read more »

Today is the day in the US, where most people turn their attention to the television and the last football game of this season.  This is Superbowl 44, which means that I was 5 when the first one was on TV.  I wasn't aware of the game until much later, when a very good friend's family had a birthday party for her for her 18th, which was actually in mid January.  So why is there a difference of three weeks now?  Commercialism.   read more »