Monthly Archives: December 2025

……………….My dear friends hold a special place in my heart……….One of the unfortunate things about getting older is I have outlived many of them, and I miss them terribly…..Many died at very early ages during the plague of AIDS. They have been gone a long time, and I often wonder what they would be like today…Some of my dearest friends have recently passed, and I miss talking to them…Some of my friends live far away….all over America, and on another coast, and some on another continent, but I always try to keep in touch…..WHATS APP is a great thing, and I can speak to my friends all over the world…..In Oct. of 2026 my High School is having its’ 60th reunion!!!!, and if I can I plan to attend. I have already been in touch with some of my friends from high school, but I haven’t seen them since the last reunion I attended 20 years ago!!!…….Our friendships will NEVER be diminished by TIME or DISTANCE.

………………”He is said to have bought legislatures and judges as other men buy food and raiment. By his example he has so excused and so sweetened corruption that in Montana it no longer has an offensive smell…..His history is known to everybody; he is as rotten a human being as can be found anywhere under the flag; he is a shame to the American nation, and no one has helped to send him to the Senate who did not know that his proper place was the penitentiary, with a chain and ball on his legs”…This was said in 1907 by the man who coined the phrase “THE GUILDED AGE”…….The author was….MARK TWAIN.

………Hello one and all!…….I am planning a Facebook live show on DECEMBER 9th, a Tuesday at 5:00PM, EST……There will definitely be special offers for the Holiday season….If you can please join me at chez Louie!

………………………”GETTING IN THE SPIRIT”…….December is HERE!….and the Christmas spirit is alive, and exciting!…..After years of having the same antique quilts layered on one of my guest room’s beds…..I thought it was over due for a make over! I was looking for something that said “WINTER”, but didn’t scream “CHRISTMAS”….and then I found online this quilted bedspread and pillow case set in RED and WHITE with REINDEER and snow……I think it’s something I can leave on the bed beyond the Christmas season until Spring comes back in March or April depending on the weather…when it will be time to get into the spirit of SPRING!…From the photos I saw on line the quilting looked very puffy and dimensional…..At first I was a little disappointed….Why you might ask?…..because in the photos the bedspread and pillow cases, as I said,  looked very dimensional and puffy….but….though they had an all over quilt pattern….it seemed flat, not like the photos I saw…..It was only after I took these photos that I realized they looked exactly like the original photos!!…How is that you may ask?……because it is cleverly printed, and it’s the shadowing in the print itself that gives the dimension. I though…”well I’ll be”….I couldn’t blame the company at all for shipping me something different….So, the puffiness you see isn’t puffy at all! It’s the print that gives the illusion of puffy quilting, and only really shows up in pictures!…I felt better about my purchase because I really did like the design…..I added the red and black Buffalo Check pillowcase and sheet set for some contrast….and for Christmas I added the small needlepoint decorations of Mr. and Mrs. Clause and Mr. and Mrs. Snowman and his wife. Jac needlepointed these many years ago….In the center is a very tired “SANTA” after a long night’s work….He came with a tin bucket for his aching feet, and a plaid scarf, but the bucket mysteriously disappeared!….and he’s never left the room?!…I swear there’s a ghost in my house that takes things!!!….He is part of a black doll collection that Jac and I purchased also many years ago…They all have long arms and legs that move….The name of the company that made them was called “DADDY’S LONG LEGS”, hence the long legs and arms… The company is no longer in business, so our collection has become VERY collectable!….Some of the dolls can still be found on Ebay and Etsy, and other outlets….After Christmas all of the Christmassy decorations will all be put away until the Christmas season returns in 2026!…………..Happy Holidays one and ALL!