Chanukah is being celebrated and Christmas will be here very soon.

I’m now being asked by my family, what I want for Christmas.

Being a collector, I enjoy going to flea markets and antique shows.

Sometimes I will set up at a flea market, as I did last weekend.

I used to participate in the outdoor markets. They are less expensive, and I don’t have many, if any, high end items to sell.

Normally for us, Thanksgiving Day means attending church first, and then Pauline cooks a meal for the family.

This year on Thanksgiving Day, we might think it will not be as easy as it has been in the past to find a reason to be thankful.

Last Thursday, a collector friend and I went to St Charles,IL, for the fall meeting of the Cash Register Collectors Club.

A fast trip. We left early Thursday, and we were on our way home before noon Friday.

This past weekend, my wife, sister, brother-in-law and I traveled to Michigan, to Battle Creek, not for cereal, but for the Great Lakes Chip Show.

I have always been a saver.

Anything I think might have some monetary worth now or in the future, I keep.

Some time ago, I told you about working Autumn Fest for the Learning Tree Farm. I have been involved with the Farm most of its existence in one manner or another. Today I would like to share with you the Farm’s story.

You are invited to read about the cruise Pauline and I took last week.

Unlike going to the home of friends, where you might be required to view a movie or look at pictures, you may, at any time, just stop reading and move on the another fine article.

I just don’t understand the need for all the pills and drugs people take and doctors prescribe.

Michael Jackson was taking all kinds of drugs, as well as other medications, for a variety of reasons.