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Christmas might seem to be a strange time of talk about a Nero Wolfe novel by the author Rex Stout. However, the murder mystery, Christmas Party, is one of four stories in his novel, And Four To Go. As the story's title might suggest, the murder took place at a Christmas party hosted by the murder victim, Kurt Weill. At one point during the party and before his murder, Weill gave a toast to...

Christmas might seem to be a strange time of talk about a Nero Wolfe novel by the author Rex Stout. However, the murder mystery, Christmas Party, is one of four stories in his novel, And Four To Go. As the story's title might suggest, the murder took place at a Christmas party hosted by the murder victim, Kurt Weill. At one point during the party and before his murder, Weill gave a toast to...

This is just a collection of images set to three of my favorite Christmas songs… GREENSLEEVES...

This blog is about teachers. One teacher, to be precise. His name was Mr. T and he was the 4th teacher we had for English in that particular first year of MAVO- school, 1970-1971. The school nobody wanted to attend. For example, I wanted to go to the Atheneum and I did so 2 years later. But this is about English teacher nr. 4. The first one they sent in our direction,...

It’s that time of the year again when the list of things to be done grows by the minute, plans are changed again and again until the last minute, and stress over finances, family, and friends is at an all time high. There is too much to do, too much to see, too many places to be, and far too many expectations to be met. The demands of work, family, friends, and even church push us to a panic...