Tag: sales

• A Writer’s Rant at Christmas

  It’s come around again. Somehow, every year, the media dredge up new perspectives at Christmas, incurring my admiration because  I confess freely I cannot.  Christmas confounds me.  Miraculous survivals, acts of goodness and extraordinary achievements are being reported on every side.  Why do I miss them all?  Why do I not know where every royal…

  frederick anderson

  December 24, 2017

  Uncategorized

  Cancelled flights, celebration, Christmas, family, Feasting, Goodwill, Present, sales, shopping, Stabbings, Toys, Traffic

• Lest we Regret…

  This Christmas I completed my Christmas shopping without ever leaving my home. I have joined the millions of customers who buy most or all of their gifts on line.   The variety of imaginative suggestions available on the Internet grows each year, the service gets better, the standards constantly improve. BUT….. It occurs to me I…

  frederick anderson

  December 21, 2015

  Homelife, Uncategorized

  Camping, Christmas, Competition, Crowds, deliveries, home, Human Contact, humor, On Line, sales, shopping, Theft

• Suffer the Little Children…

  Martin viewed the children with suspicion.  He was suspicious of all children who called at his home, especially in the evening just after dusk, and particularly when they rang his doorbell twice before he had a chance to answer the door.  Now he was unsure who to watch the more carefully;  the child in a…

  frederick anderson

  December 19, 2014

  Uncategorized

  #longform, Bargains, begging, car, celebration, Charity, children, Christmas, Dinner, family, Frederick Anderson, Gifts, Goodwill, Guests, humour, relationships, sales, shopping, short story