Archive for December, 2004

I’m trying to stay with the glass and make more pieces, but it seems like time is tight lately. I have made a few small pieces recently, plus I had a request for a larger mobile for Christmas gift purposes. Although I had a pretty good idea of what the project should be and had discussed the style/colors/size with the buyer, I have never really attempted to make something quite this large. It took some experimenting and a bit of time, but I’m pretty proud of how it turned out:

Worry no more! Just run your Christmas letter through one of the filters listed here and spice up your language just in time for the holidays.

Dr. Elmo Shropshire, the master behind such hits as “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” has co-written another dysfunctional holiday song for the season.

The song was co-written by Mill Valley’s Rita Abrams, Dr. Elmo’s longtime collaborator and my significant other. But her work stands on its own merits, I hasten to add. She’s been making entertainment news since her song “Mill Valley” hit No. 5 on the charts in 1970. And I don’t think I’m being prejudiced when I say that the “Martha” song is the best thing she’s written since “Grandma’s Killer Fruitcake” and “Don’t Make Me Play that Grandma Song Again,” not to mention “Have Yourself a Chubby Little Christmas.”

“Christmas Without Martha” takes the point of view of a hapless homemaker who can’t get through the season without Martha’s helpful holiday hints.

A sample verse:

“The holiday is near now/ A nip is in the air/But I am missing someone/And it’s more than I can bear/My little paper Santa keeps falling off his sleigh/My powdered sugar snowballs taste more like little balls of clay/Without your magic touch it’s getting clearer every day/ Christmas isn’t Christmas without Martha.”

I think that just about sums up how we all feel inside right now. Full Story