Life on the Blue Highways

Christmas Boxing

January 9, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

We celebrated a big country Christmas in east Tennessee. Of course, the country Christmases I remember lacked cases of champagne. In any event it was a rare treat to break bread and pop corks ….

Home for the Holidays

January 11, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

On the cloudy days we watched the fog dance with the mountain to the east of Julee’s homestead, played SpotIt and Quirkle. Along the way I came up with an answer to this blog’s lead-in question: Home for Christmas is where