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Many people will be happy to turn their backs on 2020, but in case you want to re-visit some of the Advent Calendar posts for the year, here’s a handy index. Just click on the title to be re-directed to … Continue reading →

I must have folded dozens of paper fortune tellers (“cootie catchers”) when I was a child. I have created a number as an adult, and posted this version on November 3, 2019. The asterisk-based designs on the outer layer look … Continue reading →

Some of the larger stores in England have a history of airing special extra-long Christmas promotions. Sainsbury’s is one. Here is their advert from 2019.     When I was a child, we used to get a mandarin orange each … Continue reading →

This re-post is only a year old, but you may have lost the dreydl you made last year and Chanukah is only a few days away. (The date in the post has been changed to match this year’s calendar.) ***** … Continue reading →

Since I am a bit busy with Advent posts, I am taking the easy way out this Friday. Today’s flick is a re-post from 2015, and although it has nothing to do with the upcoming holidays, it is seasonally appropriate. … Continue reading →

Since many of you may not have previously read either this post (from October 31, 2014) or the short story it contains, here it is again as a special Hallowe’en treat for you. ***** A few years ago I was … Continue reading →

Tonight’s flick features another illustrator, Canadian collage artist Shelley Davies. Her style is completely different from Yuko Shimizu (featured last week), though many of her design considerations in creating a piece are the same.     You might spend a … Continue reading →

I have always loved Rube Goldberg machines (and marble runs and Heath Robinson illustrations) so I was delighted when a Canadian family won the 2020 Rube Goldberg Bar of Soap Video Challenge. Here is their winning entry.     Perhaps … Continue reading →