All Hallows’ Eve Night

"Mr. Carson has a special trick or treater come by."

The day I dread has arrived, Halloween with kids in costume and the constant ringing of the doorbell. There was a time when I had looked forward to seeing the kids all dressed up, that was before my wife and...

Nobody Planned It

"It all happened by accident"

The problem with a Christmas Party for a company that works deep in the defence industry is that there are few personal contacts between employees in different parts of the organisation. It is clearly illegal to discuss one’s work with...

My Christmas Miracle

"Robert has a special visitor on Christmas Eve."

This was my third Christmas Eve as a widower and it was the coldest on record. That night, the wind howled as the snow storm intensified and the drifting snow began to pile up. I found myself alone, once again...