It’s never too early to start gearing up for the holidays, especially nowadays when Halloween blurs into Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving blurs into Christmas and all of that blurs into the end of life when we realize that we have forgotten to put out the trash or hide embarrassing photos we have stashed away somewhere. Life in the Boomer Lane isn’t quite sure when the holidays started morphing together , but now the three fun ones have created one giant Hollowthanksmas event, celebrating highly caloric food, costumes of one sort or another, greeting cards, music, and strange-looking people knocking on our front doors, demanding to be fed.
The old saying goes, “Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” LBL doesn’t know what a gift horse is, or why one shouldn’t look it in the mouth. But she does know what a gift is, and she is all for them. For this reason, she is offering gifts to you, in anticipation of all the awful things you will receive for Christmas, from people who are positive that they know exactly what you like.
The first is a CD, “Just Saying” of The Billy Rice Band. Billy is a great country singer, headquartered in Bradenton, FL. Billy’s career took off early, and he started getting bookings opening up for some national acts. He toured extensively throughout Florida and graced the stage with acts such as: Tommy James, The James Gang, Marshall Tucker, The Box Tops, The Turtles, Mama’s & Papa’s, Moody Blues and Eric Clapton.
He took a hiatus from music for many years, in order to focus on his family. Then, Billy came roaring back. He now performs all over, again, and records CDs. His music is infectious. If you aren’t familiar with Billy, you should be.
LBL will send the Billy Rice CD to the first readers who request one. And she’ll even spring for the postage.
The second gift from LBL to you is a free One Day U all-day workshop. LBL won’t belabor how much she loves One Day U. You’ve heard it all before.
A Semester of Ideas in Just One Day
Oct 22, 2016 2537 Broadway (95th St) 9:30 – 4:15pm
Austin Sarat / Amherst CollegeThe Science of Sleep: How it Impacts Memory, Creativity, and the Ability to Process New Ideas
Jessica Payne / University of Notre Dame
Rights in America: A Brief (250 Year) History
John McCaskey / Columbia University
Music and the Brain: What We Know (And What We Don’t)
Jessica Grahn / Western University
Kate Crimmins
October 3, 2016
Hallowthankmas came early this year!
Life in the Boomer Lane
October 5, 2016
By next year, it might butt up against July 4.
Kate Crimmins
October 5, 2016
We’ll have to come up with a new name for that holiday.
Nelson Bartley
October 3, 2016
I would love a CD. Would love One Day U even more but …New York is a bit far for me to go.
I agree….Hallowthankmas came early.
Life in the Boomer Lane
October 5, 2016
Done! Send your mailing address to me (Renee) lifeintheboomerlane@gmail.com. Hopefully, it won’t get lost in the rush of emails I get of offers for lucrative speaking engagements and male enhancement pills.
rosiebooks2009
October 3, 2016
You look the horse in the mouth to see how old it is by the state of its teeth. So, if someone makes you a gift of something you accept it graciously and without querying the value, since it cost you nothing in the first place. Great post as always. I love the idea of Hallowthanksmas. : )
Life in the Boomer Lane
October 5, 2016
Thanks, Rosie,and I’m glad you explained the gift horse thing. Makes perfect sense.
Anonymous
October 3, 2016
Hallowthankmasukah!!! You’re so funny and I so appreciate your humor. You’re the Good Humor Woman
Life in the Boomer Lane
October 5, 2016
And I love the phrase “Good Humor Woman!”
pegoleg
October 4, 2016
I went into a department store the other day and literally stopped and stared, agog, at the Hollowthanksmas decorations. And the worst is I already feel behind on my shopping for any and all of them.
Wish I lived in NYC to attend the classes and shove chocolate into the gift horse’s mouth.
Life in the Boomer Lane
October 5, 2016
I’m going to patent a line of products for the new holiday, starting with scary turkeys, wearing funny red hats.