MY SUN DAY NEWS
As a new year begins, so do a new list of entertaining possibilities. That said, the previous year’s best of list still looms as winter sets in. What a perfect time to catch up!
Beset by confusion and disorganization in many of our states, our country’s most ambitious vaccination campaign ever has not yet met with its 2020 promises of delivery and number of inoculations.
Allow us to paraphrase the great philosopher, Clark W. Griswold in the movie Christmas Vacation. “Where do you think you’re going? Nobody’s leaving. Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. We’re all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here.
Letters for the week of January 14
I’m writing because I am very concerned about my mother-in-law. She lives alone in an apartment and frequently forgets to drink water. She recently celebrated her ninetieth birthday and is somewhat frail.
In many houses, the Christmas tree is the centerpiece of a home, during the holiday seson. Most Sun City residents have collected several ornaments over the years. They are ornaments from trips, children’s crafted ones, favorite themes such as Disney, Cats, dogs, and music.
A few years ago, I saw a Tweet about nostalgia. It was written from an Angel’s perspective while God was creating the feeling. In short, the Angel was very disappointed that you could have all these wonderful feelings from youth or the past that can’t seem to be recreated in the present.
A night of sparkling lights and holiday decorations in Sun City and downtown Huntley offer a picture of hope for a better future.
I have a lot of hats, but only one that I ever wrote a song about. I have racks and racks of baseball caps honoring the Cubs and the Bears and just about every exotic place I’ve ever visited, but I never wrote a song about any of them.
I have a lot of hats, but only one that I ever wrote a song about.
I have racks and racks of baseball caps honoring the Cubs and the Bears and just about every exotic place I’ve ever visited, but I never wrote a song about any of them.
Among the many losses this year was the chance for residents to shine on stage in the classic end-of-the-year theater production of Scrooge. This pandemic has crippled most live audience events. The performing arts sector has been hit especially hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, but something is happening in Sun City in the world of live theater. Debi Sieckman found an innovative way to weather the storm.
Hanukkah is a Jewish eight-day celebration, sometimes known as the festival of lights. It is celebrated with nightly Menorah lighting, special prayers, and fried foods. It commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt and is observed with the lighting of a nine-branched candelabrum each night.
What usually can take decades of vaccine research work has been completed in months through President Trump’s “Warp Speed Initiative Program.” Both U.S. drug companies, Pfizer (with its German BioNTech partner) and Moderna, are now gaining government authorization allowing the release of their two vaccines to the public.
Well we find ourselves at the end of another year. One that has been rather eventful if not in the best of ways. With nowhere to go, we make the most of it with little distractions.
I am at a loss for what to get my grandmother this year for the holidays. I typically give her something for her home, such as tea towels or candles. However, she moved to an assisted living community last January and no longer can use my go-to gifts. I’m not fortunate to live nearby.
Is there anyone out there who will be sorry to see the year 2020 come to an end? We don’t think so!!! Let us recap some of the Dining Duo’s highlights from the past year.
Sue Coltman’s garage was looking a little like Santa’s Workshop. Coltman is the President of the Sunflower club who coordinated the effort to make sure that every child under 18 serviced by the Graton Food Pantry would receive a Christmas Stocking this year.
For some, holiday traditions might start by finally turning on the Christmas music, putting up the tree, or caving to a Starbucks peppermint mocha. But my tradition begins by spending three dollars at Trader Joe’s.
For some, holiday traditions might start by finally turning on the Christmas music, putting up the tree, or caving to a Starbucks peppermint mocha.
But my tradition begins by spending three dollars at Trader Joe’s.
The holidays may be tough for most this year, but Sun City resident knows that some groups need extra cheer this year. Naples is asking for help to brighten up the holiday for veterans.
The holidays may be tough for most this year, but Sun City resident knows that some groups need extra cheer this year.
Naples is asking for help to brighten up the holiday for veterans.
Residents of Sun City may remember how during last year’s holiday season, the Woodchucks’ charitable efforts led to the charter club being featured on local news station, WGN9. However, their annual wooden toy making drive is not exclusive to just one year alone, as according to fellow Woodchuck and event organizer, Al La Pelusa.
2020 has been a tough year. But Sun City has some relief thanks to David Mathis. Mathis has an enormous lights and music display in his yard and 11861 Sedgewick Drive. The lights are on from 4:30 to 10 p.m.
2020 has been a tough year. But Sun City has some relief thanks to David Mathis.
Mathis has an enormous lights and music display in his yard and 11861 Sedgewick Drive. The lights are on from 4:30 to 10 p.m.
Decades ago, when my son Dave was only about five years old, he sat in the back seat of the car, staring at the full moon as I drove through the night. He was quiet, lost in thought.
Yesterday, I cried for the us that is no more, for the couple, the twosome who moved through life together – sharing love, joy, faith, struggles, worries, accomplishments and successes, illnesses and loss, adversity and failures.
There are several holiday foods that people either love or hate. The first one that comes to mind is eggnog. This is a slightly slimy mixture of raw eggs and milk laced with enough bourbon to kill the salmonella in the raw eggs.
December is here; a chill in the air. And that means only one thing: the holidays are here. But between the hanging of ornaments and bustle of gift shopping (completely altered this year), our media also needs to reflect this change in season.
With both of our country’s Pfizer and Moderna Research Labs communicating strong showings in their final phases of vaccine development, there appears to be two strong rays of light at the end of the world’s long quarantined tunnel.
Some years ago, my eight-year-old son asked me, “Where did I come from?” For those of us 55 and better, we may still recall this question our children asked us. Based on the way my son ate his meals back then, I was tempted to tell him that he came from cave dwellers.
Letters for the week of December 10.
I am the primary caregiver to my aging parents, and to be frank, I am exhausted.
If you like to win prizes, play Bingo, shop at local stores, and order from nearby restaurants, Huntley has the perfect game for you. Bingo.
If you like to win prizes, play Bingo, shop at local stores, and order from nearby restaurants, Huntley has the perfect game for you.
Bingo.
When I was a kid, Thanksgiving was my third favorite holiday after Christmas and Easter (#1 and #2 respectively). It would have probably been my fourth favorite were my birthday to be considered a holiday, but since my name has never popped up on a calendar,
