Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
So Much Christmas To Enjoy! I’ve decided to do some exploring in the Christmas media world this year. Over the last couple of decades, I’ve talked about my favorite, gotta-see Christmas stories. In reality, I almost never watch anything else. And there is a lot to watch! So, besides the usual suspects, I’m looking at... Continue Reading →
The Second Best "White Christmas" MovieHoliday Inn (1942) - When the female dance partner in a nightclub trio chooses one guy over the other, the jilted one calls it quits. Instead, he opens an inn with an interesting hook. It’s only open on holidays. Along the way there’s a beautiful new female dancer, and the... Continue Reading →
Something New For Your Stocking This Year!I started writing my annual Christmas Favorites post the other day. A couple hundred words in, I stopped. Do I really need another version of this? It's just as easy to link to previous ones for anyone who is interested. At that moment it hit me-I wasn't interested. So... Continue Reading →
When we get together, the stories come out. It's what people do. For Christmas, these are three of the best, most beloved stories ever written in English. Together with the stories "Behind the Story", biographies of the authors, how two of them helped create Christmas as we know it today, and ways for your family... Continue Reading →
Something New For Your Stocking This Year!Anyone who has followed along the last few years knows I’m a traditional Christmas media kind of guy. There’s nothing unexpected on my list of favorites (HERE), except for Berkeley Breathed’s “A Wish For Wings That Work”. “A Christmas Carol", “White Christmas”, “Miracle on 34th Street”, Charlie Brown, the... Continue Reading →
I have a list of beloved Christmas movies and videos that I watch every year. I’ve written about them before (Here) and I don’t feel the need to go over them again. Every year I list those favorites I’m greeted with a chorus of “What about…?” Everyone has favorites and will feel outraged that I... Continue Reading →
A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1965) - It's not Christmas at my house until I hear this album. I will go so far as to say that if you made me choose only one Christmas album for the rest of my life, this would be it. Guaraldi had a fairly successful jazz... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 