[A few more = thoughts on ‘this getting-old-is-getting-old’ time of life = as I tune up to sing Auld Lang Syne] YOU KNOW = YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN . . . . . . your = head makes promises your body can’t possibly = keep. . .…
12/27/18 Grif.Net – Tired of Hearing This?
[I am a = =E2=80=9Csenior=E2=80=9D and some remarks get old easily. Just warning = you.] =E2=80=9CYou=E2= =80=99re doing well =E2=80=93 for your = age.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CYou=E2= =80=99re not getting any younger, you = know.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CYou=E2= =80=99re just remarkable!=E2=80=9D (Meaning: How can you do what you do = when…
12/26/18 Grif.Net – Day AFTER Christmas
‘Twas the day = after Christmas, and all through the house,Every creature was = hurting, even the mouse. The toys were = all broken, their batteries dead; Santa passed out, with some ice on = his head. Wrapping and = ribbons just covered the floor, While upstairs the family…
12/25/18 Christmas Grif.Net – Reason for the Season
CHRISTMAS = STORY (GOSPEL OF LUKE) "And it = came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar = Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first = made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be…
12/24/18 Grif.Net – Counting Reindeer
Did you know = that according to the song, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", = Santa has eleven reindeer? We all know = the first eight. The song goes, "There’s Dasher and Dancer = and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and = Blitzen." Then there’s =…
12/22/18 Weekend Grif.Net – A Hand
These were the = weeks of school after Thanksgiving and before Christmas break. The = first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment related to BOTH = holidays. Draw a picture of a present they hoped to get AND for = which they were truly thankful. Most of…
12/21/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 5)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 41. What is = the most popular Christmas-tree topper? 42. What snack = is often left out for Santa? 43. What does = Alvin want for Christmas? 44. What do…
12/20/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 4)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 31. What song = was originally titled “One Horse Open = Sleigh”? 32. What gift = did Caspar bring? 33. What carol = demands figgy pudding? 34. In = It’s…
12/19/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 3)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 21. What one = reindeer is never mentioned in “The Night Before = Christmas”? 22. What did = Clarence receive for accomplishing his angelic = mission? 23. What carol = contains…
12/18/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 2)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 11. What was = the first gift my true love sent on the sixth day of = Christmas? 12. In what = city did Miracle on 34th Street take = place? …
12/17/18 Grif.Net – Christmas Trivia (part 1)
[Trivia: Some = simple, some challenging, but all will focus your mind on Christmas = past] 1. In Frosty = the Snowman, who brought Frosty back to life? 2. What = biological shortcoming made the Grinch so mean? 3. Who tells = you she’s in town by…
12/15/18 Weekend Grif.Net – Apples
A lovely = little girl was holding two apples in her hands. Her mom came = in and softly asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, = could you give your mom one of your two = apples?” The girl = looked up at her mom…
12/14/18 Grif.Net – Survivor
There was a = perfect man who met a perfect woman. After a perfect courtship, = they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course, = perfect. One snowy, = stormy Christmas Eve this perfect couple was driving along a winding = road when they noticed someone…