Death Over Dinner

December 30, 2013     Let's have dinner… and talk about death.     There's an invitation you're not likely to turn down! In reality, it's a suggestion offered by The Conversation Project to encourage people toward meaningful interactions. Their premise: too often, discussions revolve around trivialities, important to no one, rather than to substantial …

Merry Christmas from the Shank Family!

December 23, 2013 Merry Christmas from the Shank Family! You’re looking at the guest list for Christmas, in our world. Daughter Shannon is on the left, with Bates, and their sons Jackson and Houston. That’s Erin on the right, with Jason and their three: Max, Cate and Avery. We’re waiting on our 12th member: Erin …

A Merry Little Christmas

December 16, 2013     Have yourself a merry little Christmas…     Recognized in 2007 as the third-most-recently-performed Christmas song in America, it’s a piece of advice that runs in the audio background of our crowd-intense December wanderings.     Written by Hugh Martin, it was introduced in the movie Meet Me in St. …