Story written by Daniel ‘Chip’ Ciammaichella
As the sun set over the snow-capped peaks of the Sangre DeCristo mountains, its fadinglight gave the panorama of plains and mesas to the east an eerie, supernatural glow. Evenafter being born and raised near here, 30 miles north in Raton, New Mexico and havingtraveled this stretch of I-25 countless [...]

Story written by M.A. Haley
Bertie was a very good boy. He was kind, obedient, truthful, and unselfish. He had, however, one great fault,—he always forgot.
No matter how important the errand, his answer always was, “I forgot.” When he was sent with a note to the dress-maker his mother would find the note in his pocket [...]

Story written by Carol Ann Garretson
“It has never been this cold,” said the wise old turtle. The rabbit agreed, the squirrel agreed, and so did all the birds. They were all looking up because Christmas day was getting closer. The sky held only one cloud today. The forest animals named it the universal hankie because [...]

Are You Curious?
Anne could not decide on what type of Christmas tree she wanted but her daughter Alice knew exactly which tree would be best. Alice wanted a real tree to be planted in the front yard after Christmas. It was getting close to the time to begin their search for that perfect tree and [...]

Once there was an elf named Frez that would get so nervous during Christmas time that he would eat two lunches at the elf cafeteria. He tried to be just too perfect in toymaking and never thought they were good enough for the children. The dolls’ eyes never sparkled enough, thought Frez, and the wagons [...]

As the sun set over the snow-capped peaks of the Sangre DeCristo mountains, its fading light gave the panorama of plains and mesas to the east an eerie, supernatural glow. Even after being born and raised near here, 30 miles north in Raton, New Mexico and having traveled this stretch of I-25 countless times since [...]

Once there was an elf named Frez that would get so nervous during Christmas time that he would eat two lunches at the elf cafeteria. He tried to be just too perfect in toymaking and never thought they were good enough for the children. The dolls’ eyes never sparkled enough, thought Frez, and the wagons [...]

When Taylor was born two friends gave me two tips for Christmas. One friend told me to buy separate gift wrap, tags, and bows for presents from Santa. Another friend told me to have someone else write on the tags from Santa. I did not realize how important that handwriting tip [...]

One day in early September the chief of a Native American tribe was asked by his tribal elders if the winter of 2008 was going to be cold or mild. The chief asked his medicine man, but he too had lost touch with the
reading signs from the natural world around the Great Lakes.
In truth, neither [...]

‘Twas the nocturnal segment of the diurnal period preceding the annual Yuletide celebration, and throughout our place of residence, kinetic activity was not in evidence among the possessors of this potential, including that species of domestic rodent known as Mus musculus. Hosiery was meticulously suspended from the forward edge of the wood burning caloric apparatus, [...]