Archive for February, 2007
My mailbox runneth over, and that's good – Orlando Sentinel
My mailbox runneth over, and that's goodOrlando Sentinel, FL - 16 hours ago… of my story on the ever-popular passed-down-in-families ceramic Christmas trees that ran during the holidays, the e-mail inbox kept me busy last week. …
Icy winters devastate tiny birds – Canyon Courier
Icy winters devastate tiny birdsCanyon Courier, CO - Feb 22, 2007The ponderosa pines looked like flocked Christmas trees, but even more magical were the willows and cottonwoods. The next morning, the coloring of the …
Christmas cheer continues at council – Sommerset County Gazette
Christmas cheer continues at councilSommerset County Gazette, UK - 14 hours agoThe scheme has helped the Trust to save woods and trees, as well as cutting down the amount of waste that traditionally gets binned over Christmas. …
Hospice honors local man’s generosity – Cadillac News
Hospice honors local man’s generosityCadillac News, MI - Feb 21, 2007He chose to sell Christmas trees because he likes to be outdoors. In high school he used to get permission to leave school to harvest and trim the trees. …
The Skylight wants to make our nights sing – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription)
The Skylight wants to make our nights singMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription), WI - 20 hours agoIrving Berlin wrote many Broadway shows, but "White Christmas" isn't one of them. He wrote the title song in 1937, as part of a sketchy idea for a Broadway …
Twelfth Night a good turn on an old theme – The News Journal
Twelfth Night a good turn on an old themeThe News Journal, DE - Feb 24, 2007It marked the end of the Christmas revels during Shakespeare's time. The play has nothing at all to do with Christmas. Some lawyers commissioned Shakespeare …
Stars at benefit recall Chet Atkins' lasting impact – The Tennessean
Stars at benefit recall Chet Atkins' lasting impactThe Tennessean, TN - 16 hours agoHarris and Welch sang plaintive songs reminiscent of the Carter Family songs that inspired Atkins as a young musician in East Tennessee. …
Movie Review: Children of Men – MediaBlvd Magazine
Movie Review: Children of MenMediaBlvd Magazine, ca - 4 hours agoChildren of Men was by far my favourite movie this past Christmas season. Dreamgirls was solid, but this had style, great execution and wow, so much style …
Husband, friend penned song that became jazz standard – Elmira Star-Gazette
Husband, friend penned song that became jazz standardElmira Star-Gazette, NY - 17 hours ago"We got on a kick of trying to write songs that would sell, and we'd both go down to the Brill Building (the hub of the music publishing industry) to try …
Christmas loses top billing at forest – Los Angeles Daily News
Christmas loses top billing at forestLos Angeles Daily News, CA - Feb 23, 2007Nowadays, families want their Christmas trees to be Douglas fir or noble fir instead, and those are imported from Oregon and Washington. …Small trees may be a perfect fit OCRegisterall 2 news articles