by Rick Skwiot
December 23, 2010
Family
Of all the fine literary works inspired by Christmas, Dylan Thomas’ “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” remains one of my favorites. Here it is in its entirety… _______ One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices [...]
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by Rick Skwiot
September 1, 2010
Books
With Labor Day upon us, I thought to share with you a 1950s Labor Day, excerpted from my book Christmas at Long Lake: A Childhood Memory. (New trade paperback and e-book versions of it are being released later this month by Antaeus Books®.) I hope you enjoy it. * …I’m awakened by summer sunlight coming through the back-porch screens [...]
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