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GYPSY! For Baby Boomers, Downsizing and Life on the Road

T2i — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:03:10 +0000

Affordable, too. When we are older, our families are smaller. Gone are the racing toddlers, the needy schoolkids, the teenagers spreading out like viruses in the living room. So who needs a big house with a yard?

There are lots of interesting trends these days. There is the "Tiny House Movement," in which people buy micro houses outright and give up mortgage slavery. Some of them are quite charming and innovative. There is the ever-growing trend of living full time in motorhomes. Even younger people are into this one. Some younger families are taking home and business on the road, maintaining that the motorhome is basically a sleep/work/wash place, and that much of their living is done out of doors.

One of the nice things about downsizing is that it forces you to decide what is truly important and what is not. Most often, what is truly precious to people can be fit into a box. The furniture, big screen TV's, huge stereo systems, extra sets of everything….in the end, they don't matter anywhere near as much as we thought they did. Sell them. You could use the money.

As for buying stuff, why bother with the stores? The checkout lines are all too long anyhow. Craigslist and Angieslist are what ebay used to be, and offer some incredible deals on whatever you may need. And remember, if you unite into groups, you don't need as much. Five families can manage with two grills. If one owns a circular saw, and another owns a jigsaw, and another owns a sewing machine, and another owns a sander….you get the picture.

Food: try growing some. Even if you live on the move in RV's, you can grow anything, and quite a lot of it, in grow boxes that can be set out in the daytime. You can fit enough broccoli, tomatoes, carrots, and lettuce for a twofer family into one 2x3 box.

Fuel? Insulate the small house, run the car on vegetable grease, and heat the house with a small propane tank or---if you really want to go counter culture---with manure run through a "digester."

Sounds like hippiedom? Hmmnn, maybe it is. But think for a moment, remember how cheaply we lived back then? I'm not saying it was all ice cream and roses, but we got by and few people were lonely.

This is the second part of "The Maturity Manifesto." It's one of my favorites: it's about downsizing. What a wonderful idea for retirement. And it's natural, too. It would seem to make supreme sense in the cosmos that when our families are grown, we no longer need a whole lotta stuff.

Some of the downsizers are what is known in the RV world as "full timers." These are folks who have decided to chuck the house and live in motor homes all year round. Some head for warmer climes in winter; some don't. If you set your gypsy wagon up right, you can park it anywhere. (you may need a car/truck to get through the snow, however)

In doing some research for this article, I was amazed at some of the facts I found. Specifically: there are tens of thousands of elders living full time in RV's. There are thousands of single older women living full time in RV's. There are hundreds of clubs for RV'ers, including singles clubs. There are hundreds of campsites that cater to older RVers and range from the very simple to the high end snobby. There is RV technology that would blow your mind and make your unit virtually self sustaining. Most importantly, the ethic of the road is to visit and make friends, not to be isolated in your lonely parking spot. Evening cocktails are often lively affairs….I hear some of those folks can drink.

What a concept for boomers. Uh, come to think of it, wasn't that how we started out? Everything was done in groups. We gathered in groups for marches, rallies, concerts and whatever excuse we could think of. We did not have to be lonely.

Question: what's the difference between young gypsies and old gypsies? Answer: There is no difference.

Janey B, 64, is a baby boomer extraordinaire. She is contemplating retirement on a social worker's budget (read: zilch) and returning to her baby boomer roots to figure out alternatives. The idea is how to make the last gift of time as good as the first. You can check out her musings at http://foreverkindayoung.wordpress.com.

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Joyce Kilmer

T2i — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:47:22 +0000

Biography

Early years: 18861908

Kilmer was born December 6, 1886 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the fourth and youngest child[a] of Annie Ellen Kilburn (18491932) and Dr. Frederick Barnett Kilmer (18511934), a physician and analytical chemist employed by the Johnson and Johnson Company and inventor of the company's baby powder. Joyce was named Alfred Joyce Kilmer after Alfred R. Taylor, the curate; and the Rev. Dr. Elisha Brooks Joyce (18571926), the rector of Christ Church, the oldest Episcopal parish in New Brunswick, where the Kilmer family were parishioners. Rector Joyce, who served the parish from 1883 to 1916, baptised the young Kilmer. Kilmer's birthplace in New Brunswick, where the Kilmer family lived from 1886 to 1892, is still standing, and houses a small museum to Kilmer, as well as a few Middlesex County government offices.

Kilmer entered the Rutgers College Grammar School (now Rutgers Preparatory School) in 1895 at the age of 8. During his years at the Grammar School, he....

"...won the Lane prize in public speaking and was editor-in-chief of the Argo, the school paper. He loved the classics, although he had considerable difficulty with Greek. In his last year at Rutgers, he won the first Lane Classical Prize, a free scholarship for the academic course at Rutgers College, and one hundred dollars in money. Despite his difficulties with mathematics and Greek, he stood at the head of his class in preparatory school."

After graduating from the Rutgers College Grammar School in 1904, he continued his education at Rutgers College from 1904 to 1906. At Rutgers, Kilmer was associate editor of the Targum, the campus newspaper and a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Unable to complete the rigorous mathematics requirement in the curriculum at Rutgers, facing a repeat of his sophomore year and under pressure from his mother, Kilmer transferred to Columbia College of Columbia University in New York City.

At Columbia, Kilmer was vice-president of the Philolexian Society, associate editor of Columbia Spectator, the campus newspaper, and was a member of the Debating Union. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree and was graduated from Columbia on May 23, 1908. Shortly after graduation, on June 9, 1908, he married Aline Murray (18881941), a fellow poet to whom he had been engaged since his sophomore year at Rutgers. The Kilmers had five children: Kenton Sinclair Kilmer (19091995), Michael Barry Kilmer (19161927), Deborah ("Sister Michael") Clanton Kilmer (19141999) who was a Catholic nun at the Saint Benedict Monastery, Rose Kilburn Kilmer (19121917), and Christopher Kilmer (19171984).

Years of writing and faith: 19091917

Shortly after his marriage and graduation from Columbia, Kilmer sought teaching positions. In the autumn of 1908, he obtained a position teaching Latin at Morristown High School in Morristown, New Jersey, and finding that teaching did not demand much of his time, he found considerable time to dedicate to writing. At this time, he submitted essays to Red Cross Notes (including his first published piece, an essay on the "Psychology of Advertising") and poems to Moods, Smart Set, The Sun, The Pathfinder and The Bang. In addition to all this, he wrote book reviews for The Literary Digest, Town & Country, The Nation, and The New York Times. By June 1909, Kilmer had abandoned any aspirations to continue teaching and relocated to New York City, the literary and publishing mecca of the United States, deciding to focus solely on a career as a writer.

From 19091912, Kilmer was employed by Funk and Wagnalls, which was preparing an edition of The Standard Dictionary. According to Hillis,

"[Kilmer's] job was to define ordinary words assigned to him at five cents for each word defined. This was a job at which one would ordinarily earn ten to twelve dollars a week, but Kilmer attacked the task with such vigor and speed that it was soon thought wisest to put him on a regular salary."

Shortly after the publication of The Standard Dictionary in 1912, Kilmer became a special writer for the New York Times Review of Books and the New York Times Sunday Magazine and was often engaged in lecturing. Kilmer and his family then moved to Mahwah, New Jersey, where he resided until his service and death in World War I. Kilmer at this time was established as a published poet, and as a popular lecturer. According to Robert Holliday, Kilmer "frequently neglected to make any preparation for his speeches, not even choosing a subject until the beginning of the dinner which was to culminate in a specimen of his oratory. His constant research for the dictionary, and, later on, for his New York Times articles, must have given him a store of knowledge at his fingertips to be produced at a moment's notice for these emergencies."

Joyce Kilmer circa 19101915

In 1911, Kilmer's first book of verse, entitled Summer of Love was published. Kilmer would later write that "...some of the poems in it, those inspired by genuine love, are not things of which to be ashamed, and you, understanding, would not be offended by the others."

The Kilmers' daughter Rose (19121917) was stricken with Poliomyelitis (also known as infantile paralysis) shortly after birth. The Kilmers turned to their religious faith, and in correspondence between Joyce Kilmer and Father James J. Daly, Joyce and Aline began a conversion to Catholicism into which they were received in 1913. In one of these letters, Kilmer writes:

"Of course you understand my conversion. I am beginning to understand it. I believed in the Catholic position, the Catholic view of ethics and aesthetics, for a long time. But I wanted something not intellectual, some conviction not mental - in fact I wanted Faith.

"Just off Broadway, on the way from the Hudson Tube Station to the Times Building, there is a Church, called the Church of the Holy Innocents. Since it is in the heart of the Tenderloin, this name is strangely appropriate - for there surely is need of youth and innocence. Well, every morning for months I stopped on my way to the office and prayed in this Church for faith. When faith did come, it came, I think, by way of my little paralyzed daughter. Her lifeless hands led me; I think her tiny feet know beautiful paths. You understand this and it gives me a selfish pleasure to write it down."

The year 1913 approached Kilmer in trials of suffering and faith but also in success. With the publication of "Trees" in the magazine Poetry, Kilmer gained immense popularity as a poet across the United States. At this time his popularity and success as a lecturer, particularly one seeking to reach a Catholic audience, led Robert Holliday to write: "It is not an unsupported assertion to say that he was in his time and place the laureate of the Catholic Church." Trees and Other Poems (1914) was published the following year. The next few years saw an immense output of work, with Kilmer continuing his lecturing, his literary criticism and essays, writing poetry, and finding the time in 1915 to become poetry editor of Current Literature and contributing editor of Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature. After the publication of The Circus and Other Essays in 1916, the following year would see the publication of three books, Literature in the Making, Main Street and Other Poems, and Dreams and Images: An Anthology of Catholic Poets.

War years: 19171918

Within a few days after the United States declared war on Germany and entered the first World War in April 1917, Kilmer enlisted in the Seventh Regiment of the New York National Guard. In August, Kilmer was initially assigned as a statistician with the U.S. 69th Infantry Regiment (better known as the "Fighting 69th" and later redesignated the 165th Infantry Regiment), of the 42nd "Rainbow" Division, and quickly rose to the rank of Sergeant. Though he was eligible for commission as an officer and often recommended for such posts during the course of the war, Kilmer refused stating that he would rather be a sergeant in the Fighting 69th than an officer in any other regiment.

In September, before Kilmer was deployed, the Kilmer family was met with both the contrary emotions of tragedy and rejoicing. The Kilmer's daughter Rose had died, and twelve days later, their son Christopher was born. Kilmer sailed to Europe with his regiment on October 31, 1917, arriving in France two weeks later. Before his departure, Kilmer had contracted with publishers to write a book about the war, deciding upon the title Here and There with the Fighting Sixty-Ninth. Kilmer wrote home, stating "I have not written anything in prose or verse since I got here - except statistics - but I've stored up a lot of memories to turn into copy when I get a chance." Unfortunately, Kilmer never was to write such a book. During his time in Europe, Kilmer did write prose sketches and poetry, most notably the poem "Rouge Bouquet", which was written after the First Battalion of the 42nd Division, which had been occupying the Rouge Bouquet forest northeast of the French village of Baccarat, which at the time was a quiet sector of the frontas struck by a heavy artillery bombardment on the afternoon of March 12, 1918 that buried 21 men of the unit, of which 14 remained entombed.

Kilmer sought more hazardous duty and was transferred to the Regimental Intelligence Section, in April 1918. He wrote to his wife, Aline that, "Now I'm doing work I love - and work you may be proud of. None of the drudgery of soldiering, but a double share of glory and thrills." According to Hillis:

"Kilmer's companions wrote: "He was worshipped by the men about him. I have heard them speak with awe of his coolness and his nerve in scouting patrols in No Man's Land. This coolness and his habit of choosing, with typical enthusiasm, the most dangerous and difficult missions, led to his death."

During the Second Battle of Marne, there was heavy fighting throughout the last days of July 1918, and on July 30, 1918, Kilmer volunteered to accompany Major William "Wild Bill" Donovan when Donovan's First Battalion was sent to lead the day's attack.

Death and burial

During the course of the day, Kilmer led a scouting party to find the position of a German machine gun. When his comrades found him, some time later, they thought at first that he was peering over the edge of a little hill, where he had crawled for a better view. When he did not answer their call, they ran to him and found him dead. According to Father Duffy: bullet had pierced his brain. His body was carried in and buried by the side of Ames. God rest his dear and gallant soul.30] Kilmer died, likely immediately, from a sniper's bullet to the head near Muercy Farm, beside the Oureq River near the village of Seringes, in France, on July 30, 1918 at the age of 31. For his valor, Kilmer was posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre (Cross of War) by the French Republic.

Kilmer was buried in the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, near Fere-en-Tardenois, Aisne, Picardy, France. Although Kilmer is buried in France in an American military cemetery, a cenotaph is located on the Kilmer family plot in Elmwood Cemetery, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A memorial service was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.

"Trees"

Though a prolific poet, Joyce Kilmer is chiefly known for his poem, "Trees", published in the 1914 collection, Trees and Other Poems (see 1914 in poetry), after it first appeared in Poetry magazine in August 1913. Kilmer wrote "Trees" on February 2, 1913, at his home in Mahwah, New Jersey. The poem was dedicated to Mrs. Henry Mills Alden (Ada Foster Murray Alden), his wife's mother and a poet in her own right. Other sources, which state it was written in Chicago, are unsubstantiated. "Trees" has been given several musical settings that were quite popular in the 1940s and 1950s, the most popular written by Oscar Rasbach in 1922, with renditions performed by Ernestine Schumann-Heink, John Charles Thomas, Nelson Eddy, Robert Merrill and Paul Robeson.

The text stated below is the original written by Kilmer.

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

There have been several variations on the text, including many parody texts substituted to mimic Kilmer's seemingly simple rhyme and meter, and questioning the poem's choice of metaphors. Of the often repeated parodies, one of the most known is "Song of the Open Road" by Ogden Nash (19021971):

I think that I shall never see

A billboard lovely as a tree.

Indeed, unless the billboards fall,

I'll never see a tree at all.

In the Our Gang short "Arbor Day," Alfalfa, after the cue in a Woodsman-spare-that-tree exchange with Spanky, sings "Trees," in what Leonard Maltin called "the poem's all-time worst rendition," with his whiny, strained voice.

In his album Caught in the Act, Victor Borge, at one point, when playing requests, says, "Sorry I don't know that 'Doggie in the Window'. I know one that comes pretty close to it." Then he starts to play "Trees."

"Trees" was popularised in 1948 by the eponym segment of Melody Time an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and also in the 1980 film Superman II, which was filmed by two different directors, Richard Donner in 1977 and Richard Lester in 1979. Donner's original version, belatedly released in 2006, has Marlon Brando reading Kilmer's poem. These scenes had been shot in April 1977. Lester had an unknown British actor reprise Brando's role in July 1979, and it is that actor who appears in the original 1980 theatrical release.

Inspiration

According to Kilmer's son, Kenton, the poemhich was not inspired by any specific tree but about trees in generalas written "...in an upstairs bedroom... which served as Mother's and Dad's bedroom and also as Dad's office.... The window looked out down a hill, on our well-wooded lawn - trees of many kinds, from mature trees to thin saplings: oaks, maples, black and white birches, and I do not know what else." However, a 1915 interview with Kilmer "pointed out that while Kilmer might be widely known for his affection for trees, his affection was certainly not sentimental - the most distinguished feature of Kilmer's property was a colossal woodpile outside his home. The house stood in the middle of a forest and what lawn it possessed was obtained only after Kilmer had spent months of weekend toil in chopping down trees, pulling up stumps, and splitting logs. Kilmer's neighbors had difficulty in believing that a man who could do that could also be a poet."

Many locations across the United States maintain legends that certain trees in their localities inspired Kilmer to write the poem. Most noted among them is the tradition in Kilmer's birthplace, New Brunswick, New Jersey, which states that Kilmer wrote the poem "Trees" after a large white oak (Quercus alba) tree that was located on the outskirts of town on the campus of Cook College (now known as the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences), at Rutgers University. This tree, estimated to be over three hundred years old, was so weakened by age and disease that it had to be removed in 1963. Currently, saplings from acorns of the historic tree are being grown at the site, throughout the Middlesex County area, and in major arboretums around the United States. The remains of the original Kilmer Oak are currently kept in storage at Rutgers University.

Guy Davenport suggests quite a different inspiration. "Trees were favorite symbols for Yeats, Frost, and even the young Pound. [ . . . ] But Kilmer had been reading about trees in another context[,] the movement to stop child labor and set up nursery schools in slums. [ . . . ] Margaret McMillan . . . had the happy idea that a breath of fresh air and an intimate acquaintance with grass and trees were worth all the pencils and desks in the whole school system. [ . . . ] The English word for gymnasium equipment is 'apparatus.' And in her book Labour and Childhood (1907) you will find this sentence: 'Apparatus can be made by fools, but only God can make a tree.'"

Scansion and analysis

His poem "Trees" has twelve lines of eight syllables in strict iambic tetrameter. The poem's rhyme scheme is rhyming couplets rendered aa bb cc dd ee aa.

Despite its deceptive simplicity in rhyme and meter, "Trees" is notable for its use of personification and anthropomorphic imagery: the tree of the poem, which Kilmer depicts as female, is depicted as pressing its mouth to the Earth's breast, looking at God, and raising its "leafy arms" to pray. The tree of the poem also has human physical attributes it has a "hungry mouth", arms, hair (in which Robins nest), and a bosom.

Criticism and influence

Joyce Kilmer's reputation as a poet is staked largely on the widespread popularity of one poem, namely "Trees". His untimely death removed from him the opportunity to develop into a more mature poet. Because "Trees" is often dismissed by modern critics and scholars as simple verse, much of Kilmer's work, especially his literary criticism, has slipped into obscurity. Only a very few of his poems have appeared in anthologies, and with the exception of "Trees" and to a much lesser extent "Rouge Bouquet", almost none have obtained lasting widespread popularity.

The entire corpus of Kilmer's work appears in the early years of the modernist movement, especially before the influence of the Lost Generation. In the years after Kilmer's death, poetry went in new directions, as is seen especially in the work of T. S. Eliot (18881965) and Ezra Pound. The years in which Kilmer was writing, and the conservatism and traditional style he used, were the last of the Romantic era. Kilmer's poetry is often criticized for failing to break free of traditional modes, rhyme and meter, or themes, and for being too sentimental to be taken seriously.

Kilmer's early works were inspired by, and were imitative of, the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Ernest Dowson, Aubrey Beardsley, and William Butler Yeats. It was later through the influence of works by Coventry Patmore, Francis Thompson, and those of Alice Meynell and her children Viola Meynell and Francis Meynell, that Kilmer seems to have become interested in Catholicism. Kilmer wrote of his influences:

"I have come to regard them with intense admiration. Patmore seems to me to be a greater poet than Francis Thompson. He has not the rich vocabulary, the decorative erudition, the Shelleyan enthusiasm, which distinguish the 'Sister Songs' and the 'Hound of Heaven,' but he has a classical simplicity, a restraint and sincerity which make his poems satisfying."

Because he was initially raised Episcopalian (or Anglican), Kilmer became literary editor of the Anglican weekly, The Churchman, before his conversion to Catholicism. During this time he did considerable research into 16th and 17th century Anglican poets as well as metaphysical, or mystic poets of that time, including George Herbert, Thomas Traherne, Robert Herrick, Bishop Coxe, and Robert Stephen Hawker, the Vicar of Morwenstow, the latter whom he referred to as "a coast life-guard in a cassock." These poets also had an influence on Kilmer's writings.

Critics compared Kilmer to British Catholic writers Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton, suggesting that his reputation might have risen to the level where he would have been considered their American counterpart if not for his untimely death.

Honors and awards

Dedication plaque in the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest.

Several municipalities across the United States have named parks, schools, streets and squares in honor of Joyce Kilmer, including his hometown of New Brunswick, New Jersey, which renamed Codwise Avenue, the street on which he was born, "Joyce Kilmer Avenue". In 2007, the city also hosted a Kilmer conference.

The Fighting 69th

In the 1940 film, The Fighting 69th directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney, Kilmer is depicted as a minor character played by actor Jeffrey Lynn (19091995).

Camp Kilmer

Camp Kilmer, opened in 1942 in what is now Edison, New Jersey, an embarkation center for soldiers going to the European theatre during World War II. Many of the original buildings remain, and it is now the location of the Livingston campus of Rutgers University where a library is named after him.

Joyce Kilmer Park

Joyce Kilmer Park, is located along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. The park is located very close to Yankee Stadium.

Joyce Kilmer Square

Joyce Kilmer Square, is located along both Kings Hwy. and Quentin Road at East 12th Street in Brooklyn. It is under the jurisdiction of the city Department of Parks and Recreation, and features a flapole, benches and a memorial to Kilmer.

Joyce Kilmer Middle School

Joyce Kilmer Middle School, located in Fairfax County, Virginia, is named after him.

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Fireplace - The large stone fireplace was erected in Como Park in St. Paul, MN in 1936 in memory of Kilmer. Today the fireplace is in a state of disrepair and a nearby sunken pool with miniature waterfalls, also named for Kilmer, no longer exists. Kilmer was honored by St. Paul Parks Superintendent W. Lamont Kauffman, who was a charter member of the Joyce Kilmer post of the American Legion.

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

The Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest (17,394 acres/15 km) located in the Nantahala National Forest, near Robbinsville in Graham County, North Carolina was dedicated in Kilmer's memory on July 10, 1936.

Kilmer Rest Area

The state of New Jersey and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority have named a rest area on the New Jersey Turnpike, located in East Brunswick Township after him.

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School

The town of Mahwah, New Jersey, which was Kilmer's home from about 1913 to the end of his life, has a school named after him, the Joyce Kilmer Elementary School. Nobody's Inn, a bar and grill at 150 Franklin Turnpike in Mahwah (next to the Erie-Lackawanna railroad tracks a few hundred yards from the border of Suffern, New York), which closed in 2002, was widely believed to occupy the house that inspired Kilmer's poem, "The House with Nobody In It." The poem begins, "Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track / I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black."

A Joyce Kilmer Elementary School is located in Trenton, New Jersey, as a part of the Trenton Public Schools district, and in the Borough of Milltown, New Jersey.

Joyce Kilmer Elementary School, opened in 1966, is in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. It is part of Community Consolidated School District No. 21 in Wheeling Township, Illinois. It feeds James Fenimore Cooper Middle School, also in Buffalo Grove.

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest

The Philolexian Society of Columbia University, a collegiate literary society of which Kilmer was vice president, holds the annual Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest in his honor.

Works

Summer of Love. (New York: Baker and Taylor, 1911).

Trees and Other Poems. (New York: Doubleday Doran and Co., 1914).

The Circus and Other Essays. (New York: Lawrence J. Gomme, 1916).

Main Street and Other Poems. (New York: George H. Doran, 1917).

The Courage of Enlightenment. An address delivered in Campion College, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, to the members of the graduating class, 15 June 1917. (Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin: 1917).

Dreams and Images: An Anthology of Catholic Poets. (ed. by Joyce Kilmer). (New York: Boni and Liveright, 1917).

Literature in the Making by some of its Makers. (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1917).

Poems, Essays and Letters in Two Volumes. Robert Cortes Holliday (ed.). (Volume One: Memoir and Poems, Volume Two: Prose Works) (New York: George H. Doran, 1918 - published posthumously).

The Circus and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces. (New York: George H. Doran, 1921 - published posthumously).

Notes

a Though Joyce was the fourth and youngest child in his family, two of his siblings, Ellen Annie Kilmer (18751876) and Charles Willoughby Kilmer (1880), died before his birth, while his oldest brother, Anda Frederick Kilmer (18731899), died when Joyce was thirteen years old, most likely a suicide in a Philadelphia hotel.

US Navy Hospital Corpsman John E. Kilmer, a recipent of the Medal of Honor in Korea is a distant relative of Joyce Kilmer.

References

Specific

^ Hillis, John. Joyce Kilmer: A Bio-Bibliography. Master of Science (Library Science) Thesis. Catholic University of America. (Washington, DC: 1962), 27.

^ Mencken, H. L. The American Mercury. Volume XIII, No. 49. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, January 1928), 33.

^ Maynard, Theodore. A book of modern Catholic verse. (New York: Henry Holt, 1925), 1617.

^ "Mrs. F. B. Kilmer Dead; Mother of War Poet. Wrote of Memories of Her Son Who Was Killed in France in 1918. Was Native of Albany.". New York Times. January 2, 1932, Saturday.

^ Certificate of Birth for Alfred Joyce Kilmer, December 6, 1886, on microfilm at the Archives of the State of New Jersey, 225 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey.

^ a b c Joyce Kilmer: FAQ and Fancies, website published by Miriam A. Kilmer, with Kilmer genealogical information. Retrieved 26 December 2006.

^ For Dr. Kilmer as the inventor of Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder, see: "Famous Tree Poem originates at U." by Annie Reuter, from The Daily Targum 12 October 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2006.

^ Richard G. Durnin; Joyce Kilmer and New Brunswick, New Jersey; Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission (1993)

^ List of Missionaries and Rectors - Christ Church in New Brunswick, NJ, published by Christ Church (Episcopal), New Brunswick, New Jersey (no further authorship information available). Retrieved 17 August 2006.

^ Baptismal Records for Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

^ "Historic New Brunswick". Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070310054802/http://www.newbrunswick.com/historic.asp. , published by New Brunswick City Market, (no further authorship information given) accessed 17 August 2006.

^ Hillis, op. cit., 9.

^ Hillis, op. cit., 10.

^ a b Hillis, op. cit., 11.

^ Certificate of Marriage for Aline Murray and Alfred Joyce Kilmer, 9 June 1908, on microfilm at the Archives of the State of New Jersey, 225 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey.

^ Saint Benedict's

^ Hillis, op. cit., 13.

^ Hillis, op. cit., 14.

^ a b Holliday, Robert Cortes (ed.). "Memoir" in Joyce Kilmer: Poems, Essays and Letters. 2 volumes. (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918), 1:24.; Hillis, op. cit., 21

^ Hillis, op. cit., 18

^ Letter from Joyce Kilmer to Father James J. Daly, January 9, 1914, in Holliday, Robert Cortes (ed.) and Kilmer, Joyce. Poems, Essays and Letters in Two Volumes. (New York: George H. Doran, 1918 - published posthumously).

^ Daly, James Jeremiah. "Some letters of Joyce Kilmer." in his A Cheerful Ascetic, and other essays. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Bruce, 1931), 76-86.

^ Hillis, op. cit., 35.

^ Hillis, op. cit., 32.

^ Letter from Joyce Kilmer to Aline Kilmer, 24 November 1917.

^ World War I Diary of Joseph J. Jones Sr., published at website "One Jones Family" by Joseph J. Jones III. Retrieved 27 December 2006.

^ The History of the Fighting 69th: Rouge Bouquet (no further authorship information given). Retrieved 27 December 2006.

^ Duffy, Francis Patrick. Father Duffy Story. (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919), 350.

^ a b Hillis, op. cit., 36.

^ Duffy, op. cit., 193.

^ "Joyce Kilmer Slain On The West Front; Former Member Of Times Staff Had Won Sergeantcy In The 165th Of Infantry. His Writings Well Known Author Was Rutgers And Columbia Graduate--Several Veterans Of The 69th Killed. His Lusitania Poem. Fought At The Marne. Veteran Of 69th Killed. Lieut. Harwood 'Doing Fine.' Parents Receive Letter Written After Date Of Reported Death.". New York Times. August 18, 1918, Sunday. "Sergeant Joyce Kilmer of the 165th Infantry of the Rainbow Division, who was one of the 147 members of the staff of The New York Times to enter the service of his country, has been killed in France. He was 31 years old."

^ "Joyce Kilmer cited for French War Cross.". New York Times. January 2, 1919.

^ "Mass for Joyce Kilmer. Memorial Service at St. Patrick's Cathedral Tomorrow Morning.". New York Times. October 13, 1918, Sunday. "Plans have been completed for the solemn memorial mass for Joyce Kilmer, poet and journalist, who was killed on July 30 at the battle of the Oureq. The mass, which is held under the auspices of the Joyce Kilmer Memorial ..."

^ Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) - Author of Trees and Other Poems, website published by Miriam A. Kilmer, which cites Kilmer, Kenton. Memories of my Father, Joyce Kilmer (Joyce Kilmer Centennial, 1993) ISBN 978-0963752406. Retrieved 25 December 2006.

^ Full text of poem and dedication. Accessed 2 September 2007.

^ "Mrs. Henry Alden, Writer, dies at 70. Was Widow of Editor of Harper's. Won National Award at 76. Published at 15. Poem, 'Trees,' Was Dedicated to her by Author, Joyce Kilmer, Her Son-in-Law.". New York Times. April 12, 1936.

^ An "interpretive travesty" of the poem

^ Nash, Ogden. "Song of the Open Road" first published in Argosy. Vol. 12 No. 8. (July 1951), 63.

^ Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918) - Author of Trees and Other Poems, website published by Miriam A. Kilmer, which cites Kilmer, Kenton. Memories of my Father, Joyce Kilmer (Joyce Kilmer Centennial, 1993) ISBN 978-0963752406. Retrieved 25 December 2006.

^ Hillis, op. cit., 28.

^ What a Difference a Tree Makes citing Lax, Roer and Smith, Frederick. The Great Song Thesaurus. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989). ISBN 0195054083. Retrieved 25 December 2006.

^ The New York Times, September 19, 1963. Of note, in an article reporting the demise of the "Kilmer Oak" is a quote that "Rutgers said it could not prove that Kilmer...had been inspired by the oak." which further confirms this attribution is unsubstantiated and its dissemination within the realm of rumor and urban (or in this case, provincial) legend.

^ Kilmer Oak Tree, Highland Park (NJ) Environmental Commission (no further authorship information given). Retrieved 26 December 2006.

^ Press Release: "Cook Student Named New Jersey Cooperative Education and Internship Association Student of the Year" (Press Release: 13 June 2006), published by Cook College, Rutgers University and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, no further authorship information given. Retrieved 26 December 2006.

^ Davenport, Guy. "Trees", in The Geography of the Imagination. (The Akadine Press, 1997). ISBN 1-888173-33-5. 177-9

^ Dunnings, Stephen. "Scripting: A Way of Talking" in The English Journal, Vol. 63, No. 6 (September, 1974), 32-40, passim.

^ Boyle, Frederick H. "Eighth Graders Discover Poetry" in The English Journal, Vol. 46, No. 8 (November, 1957), 506-507.

^ Hillis, op. cit., 26, 40.

^ Aiken, Conrad Potter. onfectionary and caviar: Edward Bliss Reed, John Cowper Powys, Joyce Kilmer, Theodosia Garrison, William Carlos Williams, in Scepticisms. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919), 178-86.

^ a b c Hillis, op. cit., 19.

^ Campbell, Pearl H. "Kilmer, late laureate of the Catholic Church" in Magnificat. Volume 64. (June 1939), 78-82

^ Connolly, Helen. "Kilmer the essayist" in Magnificat. Volume 76. (July 1945), 128-31

^ Mappen, Marc. The Encyclopedia of New Jersey (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2004), 117.

^ Kilmer Rest Area - New Jersey Turnpike published by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (no further authorship information available). Retrieved January 13, 2007.

^ The Philolexian Society at the Philolexian Foundation website. Published by the Philolexian Foundation (no further authorship information available). Retrieved 13 January 2007.

Books and printed materials

Aiken, Conrad Potter. onfectionary and caviar: Edward Bliss Reed, John Cowper Powys, Joyce Kilmer, Theodosia Garrison, William Carlos Williams, in Scepticisms. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1919). NO ISBN. (Pre-1964)

Boyle, Frederick H. "Eighth Graders Discover Poetry" in The English Journal, Vol. 46, No. 8 (November, 1957), 506-507.

Campbell, Pearl H. "Kilmer, late laureate of the Catholic Church" in Magnificat. Volume 64. (June 1939), 78-82

Cargas, Harry J. I lay down my life: A Biography of Joyce Kilmer (Boston, Massachusetts: Daughters of Saint Paul Editions, 1964). NO ISBN (pre-1964)

Connolly, Helen. "Kilmer the essayist" in MagnificaAlfred Joyce Kilmer (December 6, 1886 July 30, 1918) was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a poem entitled Trees (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. While most of his works are unknown, a select few of his poems remain popular and are published frequently in anthologies. Several critics, both Kilmer's contemporaries and modern scholars, disparaged Kilmer's work as being too simple, overly sentimental, and that his style was far too traditional, even archaic.

At the time of his deployment to Europe during the first World War (19141918), Kilmer was considered the leading American Catholic poet and lecturer of his generation, whom critics often compared to British contemporaries G. K. Chesterton (18741936) and Hilaire Belloc (18701953). A sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment, Kilmer was killed at the Second Battle of Marne in 1918 at the age of 31.

t. Volume 76. (July 1945), 128-31.

Covell, John E. Joyce Kilmer: A Literary Biography. (Brunswick, Georgia: Write-Fit Communications, 2000). ISBN 978-0615111759

Daly, James Jeremiah. A Cheerful Ascetic, and other essays. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Bruce, 1931). NO ISBN (Pre-1964).

Duffy, Francis Patrick. Father Duffy Story. (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919). NO ISBN (Pre-1964).

Dunnings, Stephen. "Scripting: A Way of Talking" in The English Journal, Vol. 63, No. 6 (September, 1974), 32-40, passim.

Hillis, John. Joyce Kilmer: A Bio-Bibliography. Master of Science (Library Science) Thesis. Catholic University of America. (Washington, DC: 1962). NO ISBN.

Holliday, Robert Cortes (ed.). emoir, in Joyce Kilmer: Poems, Essays and Letters, 2 volumes. (New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918), 1:17ff. NO ISBN (Pre-1964).

Kilmer, Annie Kilburn. Whimsies, More Whimsies. (New York: Frye Publishing Co., 1929). NO ISBN (Pre-1964).

Kilmer, Annie Kilburn. Memories of My Son, Sergeant Joyce Kilmer. (New York: Brentano's, 1920). NO ISBN (Pre-1964).

Kilmer, Annie Kilburn. Leaves of My Life. (New York: Frye Publishing Co., 1925). NO ISBN (Pre-1964).

Kilmer, Kenton. Memories of my Father, Joyce Kilmer (Joyce Kilmer Centennial, 1993). ISBN 978-0963752406

Lax, Roer and Smith, Frederick. The Great Song Thesaurus. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989). ISBN 0195054083

Mencken, H. L. The American Mercury. Volume XIII, No. 49. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, January 1928). NO ISBN (pre-1964)

Maynard, Theodore. A book of modern Catholic verse. (New York: Henry Holt, 1925). NO ISBN (pre-1964)

Roberto, Brother C.S.C. Death Beneath the Trees: A Story of Joyce Kilmer (South Bend, Indiana: Dujarie Press (University of Notre Dame), 1967). NO ISBN (Privately published).

Smaridge, Norah. Pen and Bayonet: The Story of Joyce Kilmer. (Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Hawthorn Books, 1962). NO ISBN (Pre-1964).

External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Joyce Kilmer

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Joyce Kilmer

Wikisource has original works written by or about: Joyce Kilmer

Tribute page at Rising Dove (a site by his granddaughter)

Tribute Page at the University of Notre Dame

A Tribute to Joyce Kilmer by a Kilmer biographer

Works by Joyce Kilmer at Project Gutenberg

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest website

Philolexian Society of Columbia University

Findagrave: tombstone and cenotaph

Kilmer archive

Reelyredd's Poetry Pages audio version of "Trees" (with James Stewart voice impression)

Joyce Kilmer/Campion College Collection

The Poems of Joyce Kilmer (1918)

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NAME

Alfred Joyce Kilmer

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

Joyce Kilmer

SHORT DESCRIPTION

American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier

DATE OF BIRTH

December 6, 1886

PLACE OF BIRTH

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

DATE OF DEATH

July 30, 1918

PLACE OF DEATH

near Seringes, France

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Methods Used To Improve A Golf Game

T2i — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:52:00 +0000

Golfers that are truly committed to their chosen sport will often find that they need to take extreme measures to improve their golf game. They will naturally proceed to the local golf course and use the putting green for hours to perfect the strokes they need to get the ball into a hole during a regular game of golf that is scheduled to be played with friends every weekend. Some golfers build a putting green in their back yard so that they can practice their putting skills as much as they like.

Some local stores have putting machines on the shelf that can be used anywhere, and a golfer will own one of them as one of the first tools that they can use to improve their golf game. A putting machine will require the golfer to have enough space to go the distance because not every golf ball will land within 9 feet of the flag. Some golfers will convert their garage into a putting green and park their luxury sedan outside. This method works well in metropolitan areas that are buried deep in snow during the winter.

Some golfers are even willing to invest in chipping kits just so they can use their backyards for golf practice. Of course, the chipping might cause some holes to form in the grass in the backyard but avid golfers do the customary pat down after every chip shot they make and hope for the best when spring rolls around. These golfers are more intense on lowering their golf score than how their lawn looks.

There are many golfers who feel that if they improve their knowledge about the course that they play on week after week, that they will have a better chance of getting the golf ball into the hole with fewer strokes needed. Certain golf courses will have special hills and valley that can be used to get the ball closer to the hole and on a much faster schedule. Knowing where those hills and valleys are is why some golfers will study overview maps of the golf course before they tee off.

Many golfers that play in amateur tournaments throughout the year will be guided by the professional advice that they receive from the local golf pro. They can invest a certain amount of money each month to improve the game of golf that they love so much. The golf pro will probably recommend a certain set of golf clubs that the player can use to improve their swing and lower their score after 18-holes of golf have been played.

There is no substitute for practice when a golfer is trying to improve their golf game. The golfer might choose to work on the distance that the ball goes when hit for the first time by visiting a driving range. After several buckets of balls, a golfer might be reassured that they have a fighting chance of besting a friend on the golf course the following weekend. With enough practice under their belt, an amateur golfer might feel confident enough to sign up for a golf tournament.

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Are Wii Kidding Ourselves?

T2i — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:52:47 +0000

The Nintendo Wii Fit was released to the public recently with much ballyhoo. If you haven't seen the Nintendo Wii game system, it is the latest evolution in video game playing where players use the remote to mimic real-life actions such as a tennis forehand. The players' physical actions are then played out on the screen.

The Wii Fit is a "game" that according to the Nintendo website can increase your fitness levels. "By playing Wii Fit a little every day, you, your friends, and your family can work towards personal goals of better health and fitness," the site claims. While I have yet to use the game at all, I can say that I am highly skeptical that this will make a dent into America's growing obesity problem.

The Wii Fit comes with a balance board that the player uses to interact with the game. When you first start the game, the Wii Fit assesses your balance - which is important in your overall health, but is usually not a concern to anyone who is not a senior citizen or recovering from injury.

It then moves on to perform the Body Test, which is more balance assessment, followed by the calculation of Body Mass Index (or BMI). BMI is a very flawed measure of one's fitness, as it measures the ratio of one's scale weight to one's height. So, on the BMI scale, the following people are considered Overweight or Obese:

- Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees
- Tom Brady of the New England Patriots
- Lance Armstrong of cycling fame
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Sylvester Stallone

See where I'm going with this? Scale weight does not account for the amount of lean body mass someone is carrying. That is why body fat percentage is the gold standard for measuring one's fitness.

Also, measuring BMI on anyone under 19 is very inaccurate. This already has become an issue for Nintendo, as a 10-year old athletic British girl was assessed as being Fat by the game. Obesity experts jumped on Nintendo immediately, rightfully stating that the game could cause irreparable harm to a child's body image. Nintendo has since added a disclaimer that the BMI feature is meant for adults only, but hasn't taken the step of deactivating it in the game for child users.

The game goes on to calculate a Wii Fit Age for the user based on your balance test results, actual age, etc. Again, this is a very shaky measure of one's fitness that could mislead people.

The Training section of the game is broken down into four sections: Yoga, Balance Games, Strength Training and Aerobics, all of which can be done without spending the $89.95 suggested retail price for Wii Fit.

Let's break down the Strength Training section as an example of some of the flaws in this game. The first exercise is a Single Leg Extension, which is more of an exercise in balance than a strength training exercise. Also, leg extensions do not mimic a real life use of the leg, and the leg extension machine is perhaps one of the worst machines in the gym.

The next exercise is torso twists, which is more of a dynamic stretch than a strength building exercise, especially in the absence of any weighted bar or dumbbells. That is followed by the push-up and side plank. Now, I'm a big fan of both of these exercises, but they are not for the de-conditioned. Most men are not capable of doing pushups with correct form, and women usually start out with the modified push-up until they have the strength to do regular form.

The next exercise, jack-knifes, is for people who are advanced in their training. It violates one of the basic principles of fitness professionals around the world - never put a de-conditioned person on their back on the floor for anything. Lastly, the game makes the user perform lunges, which are great muscle builders. However, like stated before, you don't need to buy a game system to do them.

Overall, I give Nintendo credit for trying to make a game that tries to get people to be more active, which is more than can be said for other video game manufacturers. However, this will not do anything in terms of chipping away at the American obesity problem. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that the video game industry needs to follow the route of the tobacco and alcohol manufacturers, and state that excessive use of their product could lead to inactivity and obesity, rather than try to make a half-hearted effort at increasing American activity levels.

Rather than letting your kids play Wii Fit while you watch TV in the other room, here are some things that you can do together:

- Go for a brisk walk
- Group session with a personal trainer
- Navigate a confidence course
- Play catch with a football or baseball
- Kick a soccer ball around
- One-one-one basketball
- Walk and play a par 3 golf course
- Family yard work or snow shoveling!

You'll save money on electricity and form stronger bonds with your kids as you increase your fitness levels together.

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Tips 0n Protecting Your Home Against Burglary

T2i — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:49:35 +0000

Our homes are valuable to us, which is why we need to feel protected all the time. There are things to consider when securing our homes from burglars.

It does not matter if you are living in a condominium, apartment or house, the thought of someone breaking in is always a cause of anxiety especially when sleeping at night. This is not even temporary, it can scar you permanently. Statistics show that there is an apartment, house or condo-unit that gets burglarized once in every 15 seconds.

You do not need to worry because burglary can be prevented. You just need to follow simple precautionary measures in order to reduce the risk of having your home become burglarized. However, it is important to remember that every home as well as situation is always different. This means, there are really no guarantees. It pays to be prepared.

First and foremost, you need to determine the kind of threat you need to be protected against. It has been noted that most home burglars are not that organized when it comes to planning their work. It is also hard to assess how they really choose their targets. However, burglars have a pattern of thought when it comes to looking for the perfect target. This would include a house that they know as unoccupied, has low visibility, can be easily accessed and has many valuables inside worth stealing.

Contrary to belief that most burglaries happen at night, it is during the day time that this is prevalent because more homes are vacant during the day, particularly for the large number of people who are working. Here are some useful tips in order to prevent such instances:

Have your home appear like it is always occupied. Sometimes it is good to leave some lights on to confuse robbers if someone is inside or not. When you are going out of the house, make sure you have automatic timers on your lights.

It is advisable to have your blinds or curtains closed to hide your belongings. Park you car inside your garage. Burglars usually see a pattern that closed garage doors or driveways with no cars would mean that the owner is not at home.

Set up your radios with automatic timers. Make sure you raise the volume high enough so that it can be heard from the outside.

It is also recommended to lower the sound of your answering machines, such that it will not be heard from outside. An answering machine signifies that no one is at home to take the call. Sometimes, if a robber is able to get your number, it would call you just to verify if someone is at home or not.

Do not leave notes by your front door. It will be tipping off burglars that you are away. Call your loved ones instead or send a text message. If you must leave a note, keep it away from the prying eyes of strangers.

If you will be away for a while, have your trusted neighbor get your newspaper and mail. It is better if you do not stop the service; this is like giving information to other people that you will be away for some time.

Hire some help when it comes to mowing your grass, shoveling the snow or having your garbage cans put outside and back in. Sometimes, burglars check the garbage cans. If it is empty, they would know that the family is away.

You can set up timers on your window draperies so as to open and close them. If it is constantly opened or closed, burglars will know that no one is around.

Ask a trusted neighbor to check on your house from time to time. If you will be away for a long time, ask the local police to periodically check on your home.

Another suggestion is design your home such that there will be little room for burglars to hide. It is best that your parking area has good lighting.

Instead of leaving the lights on every night, you can set up motion detector lights all over your house. These lights that would go on and off will attract the attention of your neighbors. However, it is best to install these 8 feet or more above the ground. This way, burglars will find it harder to disable.

Your yard should be free from overgrowth. Remove shrubs and bushes around your house, particularly the ones beside your doors and under your windows. If you do have one, it is best to get the ones with thorns. This way, burglars will think twice in hiding there.

It is best to have alarm system installed. Get an alarm system with flash lights and alarm clock. This will attract the attention of your neighbors. Your alarm should have decals displayed. Hence, you should test your alarm system periodically.

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2009-2012 Investment of China’s Excavator Market Analysis and Forecast Report

T2i — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 09:03:21 +0000

Bucket digging machine digging is above or below the bearing surface of the material plane and into a transport vehicle or unloaded from the heap of earth-moving machinery yard.

In 2007 China's major manufacturing companies excavator sales of 66,000 units once a historic breakthrough year on year growth in 2006, a substantial 45%. 2007 is also the fastest growing industry in China Excavator year, 85% of the companies sales have increased by over 20%; Atlas, live weight Zhongjun, Fukuda reves, sany heavy machinery, Xu dig, Sunward Intelligent, etc. 6 companies in 2006 year on year sales growth of more than 70%.

2008 China excavator sales 77173 units, an increase of 16.04%; exported 5242 units, down 4.5%. However, exports accounted for only 6.79% of total sales, after deducting the export factor in domestic sales growth of 17.88%. From the product perspective, a small dig, big dig proportion increased in proportion digging down. Excavator to the ends of development was evident. From the sale of the regional perspective, annual sales of more than 5,000 units in Sichuan province in faster growth.

May 2009 excavator sales of 7339 units, of which domestic sales 7236 units, down 1.67%, a decline of 31.6%, a decline of more than expected. Accumulated sales from January to May Industry 42100 units year on year drop of 10.25%, a decline in the second quarter.

Chinese excavator industry has become China's construction machinery industry, the fastest-growing models, there is a pivotal position. However, the industry sold 80% of middle Japan, Korea, the United States and other foreign investment share are the main foreign-invested enterprises are: Hitachi, Komatsu, Kobelco, Doosan, Hyundai, Carter, Terex, Liebherr, Atlas, WO Calvo and other world-famous big enterprises. There are a number of mini-excavators in the world of professional firms such as: Japan, Kubota, Takeuchi, IHI, Yanmar, bridges, Nagano, the United States Case, Bobcat, the United Kingdom JCB, Germany, the snow-fu and many other world companies are starting to enter the Chinese market. Chinese domestic enterprises, including Guangxi Yuchai, Liugong shares, Sany Heavy Industry, Hebei undeclared workers, Xu digging, Sunward, Long Engineering Group.

As a major infrastructure construction, machinery and equipment, excavators make a significant contribution for the mankind, it is also playing a damage to the environment, the negative role of consumption of resources. In order to reduce environmental pollution, the current governments have introduced policies and regulations, mandatory emissions from motor vehicles, prohibition of excessive emissions of the sale and use of motor vehicles. In recent years, China has also promulgated a series of related laws and regulations, and gradually with international practice. Future excavators emphasis on energy-saving products will be the theme for the development.

Excavator industry, promising future, China is a vast country, the task of economic construction, heavy excavator market demand is very big. With the central and western regions and the Northeast region to speed up economic construction, and construction projects has increased, the demand for excavators will also be increasing year by year.

Investment Consultants published in the "2009-2012 China's excavator market investment analysis and forecast, report" a total of 10 chapters. First introduced the excavator's definition, classification, main components, operation and maintenance and so on, and then analyzed the international and domestic construction machinery industry and the excavator industry, the status quo, and then described in detail a small excavators, hydraulic excavators, boring machines, micro - excavators, medium-sized excavators, wheeled excavator, agricultural excavator development. Subsequently, the report of the excavator market has done a import and export data analysis and key business situation analysis, the final prediction of the excavator industry's future prospects and development trends.

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Wheel Horse Tractors

T2i — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:10:22 +0000

Not many small businesses have been as profitable as Wheel Horse, and even fewer machines as productive as this conventional line of hardworking garden tractors. It started in the 1920s, when a few good men decided to pool their talents and make a go at the garden tractor business.The 1920s encouraged the daring and inventive to experiment, and so it all began with a little group of talented handymen. Working hard with spare motorcycle and automobile parts, the group cleverly joined forces to put together a garden tractor that would take America by storm. In just a few short years, Wheel Horse founder Elmer Pond and his cohorts started a venture that assembly-line built these powerful tractors. Reaching a point in sales of $4.5 million, the Wheel Horse tractor was courted and obtained by Toro, a industry leader in garden tractors since the 1980s.And so, the little Wheel Horse tractor that could continued to pull, plow, and blow past the competition through the better part of the 21st Century.

In the 1950s, Wheel Horse tractors adopted an innovative engine mount located between the driver's legs, and coupled that with a belt-driven, variable-speed transmission that opened up a whole new world to property owners.At the onset of the '60s, consumers enjoyed additional attachments and engine developments, as Wheel Horse manufactured the GT-14, their first 14-horsepower, large-frame tractor.The 27 X 9.50-15-rear tires eligible the Wheel Horse tractor to dig in its heels and carry its vertical shaft engine and input transaxle with ease.Nobody could deny that the Wheel Horse tractor was the real McCoy; its easy handling and advanced engineering put it tops in the market of garden tractors.

Wheel Horse tractors are as competitive in price as they are in quality.Purchasing a Wheel Horse tractor is more like an investment than an expenditure because the longer you own one the more you realize its value.When Founder Elmer Pond first created the Wheel Horse tractor in the mid '40s, people soon realized the strength and maneuverability of these garden tractors, and they've been collecting them ever since.

Even though the Wheel Horse tractor experienced outstanding improvements in power and maneuverability over the years, this has not interfered with the machines reputation as being easy to assemble and maintain. Whether you're renovating your yard, planting a garden, grading a drive, or removing snow, there is a Wheel Horse tractor attachment that meets your needs. For many years, the Wheel Horse tractor name has been synonymous with "speed, sport, and spirit," and those same beliefs are alive and well today. Because Wheel Horse tractors have maintained their quality, ease, and comfort, they have been recognized as the best of the best in garden variety tractors-they're the true American workhorse.

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T2i — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:55:52 +0000

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Great cover, especially for the price. Feels heavy duty to the touch, and there are many different strapping points with all the straps provide, to secure the cover for either storing in the yard or for trailering. Make sure you measure from tip of ski to rear edge and order per their sizing charts; if you do the covers should go over the entire machine including the ski-to-shock attachment points.

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This sled cover is excellent. It's sitting on 2 different touring sleds. The only issue that I have with it is the length in back. I wish it would cover the tracks so that snow doesn't corrode them when not in use. It looks just like the picture when on. The appearance from the photo is black and white but in reality it's a light grey. I'm really happy with this purchase because it's made well and easy to put on. It won't come off in high winds either which is a plus when driving or windy days.

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I bought a medium size of this cover and it is too short. Sled is a single, older Ski-Doo with a low profile windshield so it couldn't be much smaller. Not sure what this cover would actually fit perfectly other than a kids sled. It only misses about 4 inches or so. You'd think they would add a bit extra just to cover more sleds. It is too bad as it is a really great cover, material wise, and I like the way it straps down tightly on the sled. I'll make do with it for now but will search for another brand next time because I imagine the large size cover would be way too long.

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Mercer Mayer bibliography

T2i — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:12:46 +0000

List of titles

The following is a partial list of books that Mercer Mayer has written and/or illustrated. It also includes books and items that are related to Mercer Mayer and his creations (like coloring books, sticker books, lacing cards, toys, etc).

Little Critter related books

Books that feature the character Little Critter:

Little Critter main series

Published in the Golden Books "Look-Look Books" series

Individual books may also be available in special editions

Just For You (1975) ISBN 0-307-12542-4 (first hardcover printing has 5 more pages of story and artwork then all subsequent printings, including "I wanted to build a beautiful house just for you, but I hurt myself")

Just Me and My Dad (1977)

The New Baby (1980)

All by Myself (1983)

I Was So Mad (1983)

Just Go To Bed (1983)

Just Grandma and Me (1983)

Just Grandpa and Me (1983)

Me Too! (1983)

Merry Christmas Mom and Dad (1983)

When I Get Bigger (1985) (also released as a mini-hardback book)

Just Me and My Puppy (1985)

Just Me and My Babysitter (1986)

Just Me and My Little Sister (1986)

Just a Mess (1987)

Baby Sister Says No (1987)

Happy Easter, Little Critter (1988) ISBN 0-307-11723-5

I Just Forgot (1988)

Just My Friend and Me (1988)

Just a Daydream (1989)

Just Shopping with Mom (1989) (original version featured the mother warning Little Sister she will be spanked if she does not behave, reprints since the mid-1990s replaced spanking references with "time-out")

Just Me and My Mom (1990)

Just Going to the Dentist (1990)

Just Me and My Little Brother (1991)

Little Critter at Scout Camp (1991)

What a Bad Dream (1992) ISBN 0-307-12685-4

Just Me and My Cousin (1992; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-12688-9

This is My Family (1992; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-00137-7

Little Critter's Joke Book (1993)

Trick or Treat, Little Critter (1993; with Gina Mayer)

A Very Special Little Critter (1993; with Gina Mayer)

Just Me in the Tub (1994; with Gina Mayer)

Just Lost! (1994; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-12844-X

Just a Bully (1999; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-13200-5

Just a New Neighbor (1999; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-13265-X

Just a Toy (2000; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-13279-X

Just a Piggy Bank (2001; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-13283-8

Just a Secret (2001; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-13287-0

Just a Snowy Vacation (2001; with Gina Mayer)

Just Not Invited (2002; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-13289-7

Just a Baseball Game (2003; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-10451-6

Just Fishing with Grandma (2003; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-10453-2

Just a Little Homework (2004; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-375-82745-5

The new adventures

Continuation of the main series with HarperFestival

same dimensions, may contain some stickers, or other items.

Bye-Bye, Mom and Dad (2004; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053945-3 (with pull-out poster Family Tree)

Good for Me and You (2004; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053948-8 (with more than 20 stickers)

Happy Halloween, Little Critter! (2004) ISBN 0-06-053971-2 (with pull back flaps)

Just a School Project (2004; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053946-1 (with more than 20 stickers)

Just a Snowman (2004; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053947-X (with more than 20 stickers)

Just Big Enough (2004; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053963-1 (with Pull out growth chart) (this book can be found as an over-sized hardback)

Merry Christmas, Little Critter (2004; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053972-0 (with pull back flaps)

My Trip to the Hospital (2005; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053949-6 (with 5 adhesive bandages that feature Little Critter)

Happy Valentine's Day, Little Critter (2005; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053973-9 (with pull back flaps)

Just so Thankful (2006; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053950-X (with four thank you cards)

It's Easter, Little Critter! (2007; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053974-7 (with pull back flaps)

Grandma, Grandpa, and Me (2007; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053951-8

Happy Father's Day! (2007; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-06-053965-8

The Lost Dinosaur Bone (December 2007) ISBN 0-06-053952-6

Snowball Soup (an I Can Read book) (September 2007) ISBN 0-06-083544-3 (hardcover) and ISBN 0-06-083543-5 (paperback)

It's Earth Day (February 2008) ISBN 0-06-053959-3 (originally announced under the title My Earth Day Surprise)

The Best Teacher Ever (May 2008) ISBN 0-06-053960-7

Going to the Firehouse (an I Can Read book) (June 2008) ISBN 0-06-083546-X (hardcover) ISBN 0-06-083545-1 (paperback)

Just a Day at the Pond (July 2008) ISBN 0-06-053961-5

To the Rescue! (an I Can Read book) (September 2008) ISBN 0-06-083548-6 (hardcover) ISBN 0-06-083547-8 (paperback)

This Is My Town (an I Can Read book) (December 2008) ISBN 0-06-083550-8 (hardcover) ISBN 0-06-083549-4 (paperback)

Happy Mother's Day! (March 2008) ISBN 0-06-053970-4

First Day of School (June 2009) ISBN 0-06-053969-0

The Fall Festival (an I Can Read book) (July 2009) ISBN 0-06-083551-6

Going to the Sea Park (an I Can Read book) (September 2009) ISBN 0-060-83553-2

Just a Little Music (December 2009) ISBN 0-060-53962-3

Just a Little Sick (December 2009) ISBN 0-060-83555-9

The Best Yard Sale (scheduled May 2010) ISBN 0-061-47799-0

Just Saving My Money (an I Can Read book) (scheduled July 2010) ISBN 0-060-83557-5

Scholastic series

Portrait shaped in different sizes

I'm Sorry (1995; with Gina Mayer)

At the Beach With Dad (1998; with Gina Mayer)

Special publications

Just a Snowy Day (1983) "Golden Touch and Feel Book" ISBN 0-307-12156-9 (republished by HarperCollins)

Little Critter In Search of the Beautiful Princess (1993) Green Frog Publishers ISBN 1-56619-449-0 (oversized hardcover book in the style of the Where's Waldo series)

Little Critter's Camp Out: A Golden Sound Story (1994) ISBN 0-307-70902-7

Little Critter: Just a Pirate (a "Magic Touch Talking Book" by Hasbro, Incorporated) (July 1996) ISBN 1-888-20812-0

Little Critter: Just Going to the Moon (a "Magic Touch Talking Book" by Hasbro, Incorporated (July 1996) ISBN 1-888-20811-2

Super Critter To The Rescue: A Golden Sound Story (1997) ISBN 0-307-74708-5

Just a Bubble Bath (1997) Inchworm Press, "Scrub-A-Dub Bath Book" (10 pages) ISBN 1-57719-222-2

Just My Camera and Me: Photo Fun Package (1998) Inchworm Press, ISBN 1-57719-398-9 (comes with a camera, a photo album, and the book Just My Camera and Me)

Just a Garden (1999) ISBN 1-57719-605-8 (was sold as a kit with four small plastic gardening tools and the book Just a Garden)

Little Golden Books

A numbered series. These were re-released by Scholastic and as a part of Mercer Mayer's Little Critter Book Club

Just a Bad Day (1993; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-98873-2

Taking Care of Mom (1993; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-98880-5

Just a Little Different (1993; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-98875-9

Just Like Dad (1993; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-98876-7

Just Say Please (1993; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-96017-X

This is My Body (1993; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-96013-7

I'm Sorry (1993; with Gina Mayer)

Just A Gum Wrapper (1993; by Gina and Mercer Mayer) ISBN 0-89577-766-5

Just Me and My Bicycle (1993; by Gina and Mercer Mayer)

Just Too Little (1993; by Gina and Mercer Mayer)

Just Leave Me Alone (1995; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-307-96016-1

The School Play (1995; by Gina and Mercer Mayer)

The Loose Tooth (1995; by Gina and Mercer Mayer)

Just an Airplane (1995; by Gina and Mercer Mayer) ISBN 0-89577-784-3

I Was So Sick (1995; with Gina Mayer)

Little Sister (of Little Critter)

Published as Golden Books "Little Look-Look Books"

Little Sister's Birthday (1988)

Just a Nap (1989)

Just a Rainy Day (1990)

When I Grow Up (1991)

Just Camping Out (1991)

The New Potty (1992; with Gina Mayer)

Just a Thunderstorm (1993; with Gina Mayer) ISBN 0-375-82633-5

My Big Sister (1995; with Gina Mayer)

The Magic Pumpkin (1997; with Gina Mayer)

Little Critter Storybooks featuring the "Critter Kids"

These were initially published by Scholastic publishing as accordion-style fold-out board books.

Most were republished by Random House and Green Frog as regular hardcover and softcover books.

Malcom's Race (1983) ISBN 0-590-32808-5

Possum Child Goes Shopping (1983) ISBN 0-590-32806-9

Little Sister's Bracelet (originally titled Too's Bracelet) (1983) ISBN 0-590-32810-7, ISBN 0-88029-800-6, ISBN 0-517-27369-1

Bun Bun's Birthday (originally titled SweetMeat's Birthday) (1983) ISBN 0-590-32809-3, ISBN 0-517-27160-5, ISBN 0-679-87368-6

Bat Child's Haunted House (1983) ISBN 0-590-32811-5, ISBN 0-88029-802-2

Gator Cleans House (1983) ISBN 0-590-32807-7, ISBN 0-517-60092-7, ISBN 0-679-87354-6

Readers

Published by Random House, McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing, and by School Specialty Publishing

Little Critter Sleeps Over (Road To Reading adaption of Little Critter's Staying Overnight from 1988) (1999) ISBN 0-307-26203-0

My Trip to the Zoo (2001)ISBN 1-57768-826-0 (Level 1)

Country Fair (2002) ISBN 1-57768-827-9 (Level 1)

Show and Tell (2002) ISBN 1-57768-835-X (Level 1)

Beach Day (2001) ISBN 1-57768-844-9 (Level 1)

Tiger's Birthday (2001) ISBN 1-57768-828-7 (Level 2)

A Day at Camp (2001) ISBN 1-57768-836-8 (Level 2)

The New Fire Truck (2001) ISBN 1-57768-843-0 (Level 2)

Grandma's Garden (2001) ISBN 1-57768-846-5 (Level 2)

Our Tree House (2001) ISBN 1-57768-833-3 (Level 3)

Goodnight, Little Critter (2001) (Level 3)

Class Trip (2001) ISBN 1-57768-845-7 (Level 3)

New Kid in Town (2001) ISBN 1-57768-829-5 (Level 3)

Helping Mom (2000)

Little Critters' The Best Present (2000) ISBN 0-606-18923-8

Our Park (2000) ISBN 1-57768-807-4

Field Day (2000) ISBN 1-57768-813-9

Camping Out (2001) ISBN 1-57768-806-6

The Mixed-up Morning (2001) ISBN 1-57768-808-2

Our Friend Sam (2001) ISBN 1-57768-815-5

My Trip to the Farm (2001) ISBN 1-57768-817-1

No One Can Play (2001) ISBN 1-57768-804-X

Play Ball (2001) ISBN 1-57768-803-1

A Yummy Lunch (2001) ISBN 1-57768-809-0

Surprise! (2002) ISBN 1-57768-638-1

Harvest Time (2003) ISBN 1-57768-578-4

We Love You, Little Critter (2003)

The Little Christmas Tree (2003) ISBN 1-57768-583-0

Christmas for Miss Kitty (2003) ISBN 1-57768-584-9

Play It Safe (2004) ISBN 1-57768-586-5

Skating Day (2004) ISBN 1-57768-588-1

Boardbooks

Published by Little Simon (Simon & Schuster), Random House, Golden Books, GT Publishing and HarperFestival

Little Critter's Play with Me (1982) ISBN 0-307-12269-7

Astronaut Critter (1986) ISBN 0-671-61142-9

Construction Critter (1986) ISBN 1-57719-397-0

Cowboy Critter (1986) ISBN 0-671-61141-0

Fireman Critter (1986) ISBN 0-671-61143-7

Police Critter (1986) ISBN 0-671-61140-2

Mail Critter (1987) ISBN 0-671-61144-5

Doctor Critter (1987) ISBN 0-671-61147-X

Sailor Critter (1987) ISBN 0-671-61146-1

Little Critter's Day (1990) ISBN 0-307-06107-8

Little Critter at Play (1990) ISBN 0-307-06106-X

Little Critter (Booktivity) ISBN 0-307-05579-5

Little Critter Colors (1992) ISBN 0-88029-830-8

Little Critter Numbers (1992) ISBN 0-679-87355-4

Little Critter Shapes (1992) ISBN 0-88029-832-4

Little Critter's ABC's (1993) ISBN 0-88029-831-6

Little Critter Cowboy (1996) ISBN 1-57719-258-3 (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Cowboy Critter)

Little Critter Doctor (1996) ISBN 1-57719-104-8 (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Doctor Critter)

Little Critter Astronaut (1996) ISBN 1-57719-089-0 (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Astronaut Critter)

Little Critter Policeman (1996)(edited 10 page version of the 14 page Police Critter)

Little Critter Construction (1996) (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Construction Critter, also released as a part of the Little Critter Construction Playset) ISBN 1-57719-655-4

Little Critter Sailor (1998) ISBN 1-57719-396-2 (edited 10 page version of the 14 page Sailor Critter)

Little Critter All Grown Up! (1999) ISBN 1-57719-648-1 (Collection containing the edited versions of the 4 books: Doctor, Sailor, Cowboy, and Construction)

Just a Dump Truck (2004) ISBN 0-06-053968-2

Just a Tugboat (2004) ISBN 0-06-053967-4

Lift-a-Flap Books

Published by multiple publishing houses. Some were originally released as hardcovers and then later re-released as Chunky Flap Board Books (two ISBN numbers are listed when this is the case).

Where's Kitty (1991) ISBN 0-88029-864-2, ISBN 0-679-87343-0

Where is My Frog? (1991) ISBN 0-88029-863-4, ISBN 0-679-87344-9

Where's My Sneaker? (1991) ISBN 0-88029-793-X, ISBN 0-679-87370-8

Little Critter Hansel & Gretel: A Lift the Flap Book (1991) ISBN 0-88029-797-2, ISBN 0-679-87369-4

Little Critter's Jack and the Beanstalk (1991) ISBN 0-88029-798-0, ISBN 0-679-87345-7

Little Critter's Little Red Riding Hood (1991) ISBN 0-88029-866-9, ISBN 0-679-87346-5

Just an Easter Egg (1998; written by Erica Farber and John Sansevere) ISBN 1-57719-299-0

Just a Magic Trick (1998; written by Erica Farber and John Sansevere) ISBN 1-57719-298-2

Activity books

Little Critter: My Stories: Write and Draw Your Own Stories (1991) ISBN 0-307-05830-1

Little Critter Stand Ups to Color and Share (1992) (comes with 6 stand ups and stickers)

Little Critter Favorite Things (1994) ISBN 0-307-08573-2 (a coloring book)

Little Critter's Day at the Farm (with reusable stickers) (1994) ISBN 0-590-48641-1 (and ISBN 0-590-32804-2)

Little Critter's Holiday Fun Sticker Book (1994) ISBN 0-590-48640-3

Little Critter Shapes & Colors Coloring Book

Little Critter Dots and Mazes (Golden First Fun)

Little Critter's Song and Activity Book (1996)

Little Critter's Halloween: A Coloring and Activity Book (1997) (also came with Spooky Halloween Kit which included the book The Magic Pumpkin (Little Sister), a Flashlight, and a Trick-Or-Treat Bag). ISBN 1-57719-236-2

Little Critter's Christmas: A Coloring and Activity Book (1997) ISBN 1-57719-230-3

Little Critter's Backseat Busy Book (1999)

Painting the Seasons with Little Critter (2003) HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-053956-9

Fun at School with Little Critter (2004)

Collections

Little Critter's Bedtime Storybook (1987) (includes: The Fussy Princess, The Grumpy Old Rabbit, The Day the Wind Stopped Blowing, The Bear Who Wouldn't Share, and some bumper "Bedtime" segments)

Two-minute Little Critter Stories: Eight favorite stories (1990) ISBN 0-307-12192-5 (Includes: Just A Mess, Just Me and My Babysitter, I Just Forgot, Just Me and My Puppy, I Was So Mad, Just My Friends and Me, When I Get Bigger, and Just Go to Bed)

Thrills and Spills (1991) (Early Bird Series Big Books: 19.5 x 16.2) ISBN 0-8273-4120-2 (Contains four stories: Just for You by Mercer Mayer, Jamberry by Bruce Degen, The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone, and Baby Days)

Just Me and My Family (1997) (A box set of four separate Golden Look Look books)

Just Me and My Family: Six Story Books in One (1999) ISBN 0-307-34094-5 (contains: Just Me and My Mom, Just Me and My Dad, Just Me and My Little Brother, Just Grandpa and Me, Just Grandma and Me, and Just Me and My Puppy)

Little Critter Read-It-Yourself Storybook: Six Funny Easy to Read Stories (2000) ISBN 0-307-16840-9 (contains: Little Critter's This Is My House, Little Critter's These Are My Pets, Little Critter's Little Sister's Birthday, Little Critter's This Is My School, Little Critter's This Is My Friend, and Little Critter's Staying Overnight).

Growing Every Day (A Little Critter Collection) (2002) ISBN 0-9654579-6-6 (Contains: Just Go to Bed, When I Get Bigger, Just a Mess, Just Going to the Dentist, Just Lost and Just Me in the Tub)

Feelings and Manners (2002) ISBN 0-9654579-5-8 (Contains: All by Myself, I was So Mad, Me Too!, I Just Forgot, I'm Sorry, and Just a Bully)

Little Critter Storybook Collection (2005) ISBN 0-06-082009-8 (Contains 7 stories)

Just a Little Critter Collection: 7 Books Inside (2005) ISBN 0-375-83255-6 (contains: Just For You, When I Get Bigger, I Was So Mad, All By Myself, Just Go To Bed, Just A Mess, and I Just Forgot)

Little Critter workbooks

By Spectrum & Brighter Child (for Homeschool)

Little Critter Math: Grade Pre K (2001) ISBN 0-7696-3009-X or 1577685792

Little Critter Math: Grade K (2001) ISBN 0-7696-3010-3 or 1577688007

Little Critter Math: Grade 1 (2001) ISBN 0-7696-3011-1

Little Critter Math: Grade 2 (2001) ISBN 0-7696-3012-X

Little Critter Phonics: Grade Pre K (2002) ISBN 0-7696-3029-4

Little Critter Phonics: Grade K (2002) ISBN 0-7696-3030-8

Little Critter Phonics: Grade 1 (2002) ISBN 0-7696-3031-6

Little Critter Phonics: Grade 2 (2002) ISBN 0-7696-3032-4

Little Critter Reading: Grade Pre K (2002) ISBN 0-7696-3022-7

Little Critter Reading: Grade K (2002) ISBN 0-7696-3020-0

Little Critter Reading: Grade 1 (2002) ISBN 0-7696-3019-7

Little Critter Reading: Grade 2 (2002) ISBN 0-7696-3021-9

Little Critter Language Arts: Grade Pre K (2002)

Little Critter Language Arts: Grade K (2002)

Little Critter Language Arts: Grade 1 (2002)

Little Critter Language Arts: Grade 2 (2002)

Little Critter Beginning Writing: Grade Pre K (2002)

Little Critter Beginning Writing: Grade K (2002)

Little Critter Beginning Writing: Grade 1 (2002)

Little Critter Beginning Writing: Grade 2 (2002)

Little Critter Basic Concepts: Grade Pre K (2002)

Little Critter Basic Concepts: Grade K (2002)

Little Critter Basic Concepts: Grade 1 (2002)

Little Critter Basic Concepts: Grade 2 (2002)

Critters of the Night

AKA Creepy Critters, all written by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere (illustrated by Mercer Mayer)

Werewolves for Lunch (1995)

No Howling in the House (1996)

The Headless Gargoyle (1996)

To Catch a Little Fish (1996)

If You Dream a Dragon (1996)

Purple Pickle Juice (1996)

Zombies Don't Do Windows (1996)

The Vampire Brides (1996) ISBN 0-679-87360-0

The Goblin's Birthday Party(1996) ISBN 0-679-87373-2

Old Howl Hall Big Lift-And-look Book (1996) ISBN 0-679-88019-4

Pirate Soup (Pictureback Shape Books) ISBN 0-679-87364-3

Night of the Walking Dead Part 1 ISBN 0-679-87371-6 (1997)

Night of the Walking Dead Part 2 ISBN 0-679-87372-4 (1997)

Love You to Pieces: (24 Spooky Punch-out Valentines) (1997) ISBN 0-679-88709-1

Critters of the Night Glow-In-The-Dark Book (1997) ISBN 0-679-88707-5

Chomp Chomp! (1998)

Ooey Gooey (1998)

Roast and Toast (1998)

Midnight Snack (1999)

Kiss of the Mermaid (1999)

Mummy Pancakes (Tattoo Tales) (with over 20 tattoos) (1997) ISBN 0-679-87378-3

Zoom on My Broom (2001)

Mercer Mayer's LC + the Critter Kids

All written by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere (illustrated by Mercer Mayer)

My Teacher Is a Vampire (1994)

The Secret Code (1994)

The Purple Kiss (1994)

The Mummy's Curse (1994)

Top Dog (1994)

Surf's Up (1994)

Pizza War (1994)

The Cat's Meow (1994)

Showdown at the Arcade (1994)

The Ghost of Goose Island (1995)

Mystery at Big Horn Ranch (1995)

The E-Mail Mystery (1995)

The Swamp Thing (1995)

Backstage Pass (1995)

The Alien (1995)

The Prince (1995)

The Haunted House (1995) ISBN 0-307-66180-6

Jaguar Paw (1995)

Golden Eagle (1995)

Octopus Island (1996)

Blue Ribbon Mystery (1996)

Circus of Ghouls (1996)

Lil Shop of Magic (1996)

Kiss of the Vampire (1996)

Other Little Critter titles

I am Hiding (1992) ISBN 0-88029-980-0

I am Helping (1992) ISBN 0-88029-978-9

I am Playing (1992) ISBN 0-88029-979-7

I am Sharing (1992) ISBN 0-88029-981-9

I Smell Christmas: A Nose Tickler (1997) ISBN 1-57719-221-4

Little Critter's These Are My Pets (1988)

Little Critter's The Trip (1988) (Originally published as an ABC style book, and then as an edited story with less pages in 1997).

Little Critter's The Picnic (1988)

Little Critter's Staying Overnight (1988)

Little Critter's This Is My Friend (1989) ISBN 0-307-61685-1

Little Critter's This Is My School (1990)

Little Critter's Christmas Book (1989) ISBN 0-307-15849-7

Little Critter's Spooky Halloween Party (1999)

Little Critter's The Night Before Christmas (1995) ISBN 0-679-87352-X

The Grumpy Old Rabbit: Little Critter's Bedtime Storybook (1987) (Taco Bell Promotional Book)

The Bear Who Wouldn't Share: Little Critter's Bedtime Storybook (1987) ASIN B00072HVVC (published by Western Publishing)

The Fussy Princess: Little Critter's Bedtime Storybook: (1989) ISBN 0-307-62090-5

Little Critter's Picture Dictionary (2001) ISBN 1-57768-839-2

Little Critter's Favorite Things (1994)

I Didn't Know That (by Gina and Mercer Mayer)

Mercer Mayer's Little Critter Lacing Cards (1992) (toy)

Little Monster series

Books that feature the character Little Monster:

Little Monster's Word Book (1977) ISBN 0-307-65766-3

Little Monster's Alphabet Book (1978) ISBN 0-307-61847-1

Little Monster's Counting Book (1978) ISBN 0-307-61844-7

Little Monster's Neighborhood (1978) ISBN 0-307-61849-8

Little Monster at School (1978) ISBN 0-307-61845-5

Little Monster at Home (1978) ISBN 0-307-61846-3

Little Monster at Work (1978) ISBN 0-307-13736-8

Little Monster's Bedtime Book (1978) ISBN 0-307-61848-X

Little Monster's You Can Make It Book (1978) ISBN 0-307-15802-0

Little Monster's Mother Goose (1979) ISBN 0-307-13742-2

Little Monster's Scratch and Sniff Mystery (1980) ISBN 0-307-13546-2

Little Monster's Sports Fun Sticker Book (with reusable stickers) (1985) ISBN 0-590-48644-6

Little Monster's Moving Day Sticker Book (with reusable stickers) (1995) ISBN 0-590-48643-8

Little Monster Private Eye: The Smelly Mystery (1998) ISBN 1-57719-319-9 (re-release edited version of Scratch and Sniff Mystery without Scratch and Sniff Spots, all dialogue balloons removed, major text changes, and 5 pages less in length) (also released as part of a Detective Kit gift set ISBN 1-57719-259-1)

Little Monster Private Eye: The Lost Wish (by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere) (1998) ISBN 1-57719-318-0

Little Monster Private Eye: How The Zebra Lost His Stripes (by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere)(1998) ISBN 1-57719-317-2 (also released with the Little Monster Private Eye Goes on Safari gift set ISBN 1-57719-306-7)

Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Private Eye: The Mummy Mystery (by Erica Farber) (also released with The Treasure of the Nile gift set ISBN 1-57719-661-9)

Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Private Eye: 101 Penguins (by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere) (1998) (also came in a 101 Penguins A Polar Adventure gift set with a Snow Globe that has two penguins in it) ISBN 1-57719-395-4

Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Private Eye: The Bubble Gum Pirates (by Erica Farber and J. R. Sansevere) (1998) ISBN 1-57719-604-X (also came as part of a pirate themed gift set featuring a sword and other items)

Mercer Mayer's Little Monster Treasury Book (contains 11 previously released Little Monster stories, some edited)

Professor Wormbog series

Creatures in the Professor Wormbog series tend to also appear in the Little Monster series of books.

Professor Wormbog in Search for the Zipperump-A-Zoo (1976)

Professor Wormbog's Gloomy Kerploppus: A Book of Great Smells (and a Heart-Warming Story, Besides) (1977)

Professor Wormbog's Cut It, Glue It, Tape It, Do It (1980)

Professor Wormbog's Crazy Cut-Ups (1980) ISBN 0-307-15807-1

Other Little Monster related books

Books that feature characters that also appear in the Little Monster and Professor Wormbog series.

One Monster After Another (1974)

How the Trollusk Got His Hat (1979)

Mercer's Monsters (a "Golden Book of Picture Postcards" with verses by Seymour Reit) (1977) ISBN 0-307-11105-9

Boy, Dog, Frog series

A series of 6 wordless books. These have been re-released in many formats, but they are usually smaller in size.

A Boy, a Dog and a Frog (1967)

Frog, Where Are You? (1969)

A Boy, a Dog, a Frog, and a Friend (1971)

Frog on His Own (1973)

Frog Goes to Dinner (1974)

One Frog Too Many (1975)

Four Frogs In a Box (1976) (collection of the first four "Frog" mini-books in a box set) ISBN 0-8037-2776-3

Tink Tonk series

AKA A Tiny Tink! Tonk! Tale series published by Bantam Books. Also see the Mercer Mayer Computer Software section for the video game titles related to this series that were developed by Mercer Mayer.

Tinka Bakes a Cake (1984) ISBN 0-553-15295-5

Tink Goes Fishing (1984) ISBN 0-553-15297-1

Tuk Takes a Trip (1984) ISBN 0-553-15296-3

Tonk Gives a Magic Show (1985) ISBN 0-553-15313-7

Teep and Beep Go to Sleep (1985) ISBN 0-553-15298-X

Zoomer Builds a Racing Car (1985) ISBN 0-553-15314-5

"There's a..." series

There's a Nightmare in My Closet (AKA There's a Nightmare in my Cupboard - Australia) (1968)

There's an Alligator Under My Bed (1987)

There's Something in My Attic (AKA There's Something Spooky in My Attic) (1988)

There's Something There: Three Bedtime Classics (1998) ISBN 0-7607-1173-9 (Re-prints Nightmare, Alligator, and Attic)

There Are Monsters Everywhere (2005) ISBN 0-8037-0621-9

One word series

A series of virtually wordless books featuring a male and a female anthropomorphic hippopotamus or elephant and the word that is in the title.

Hiccup (1976)

Ah-choo (1976)

Oops (1977)

Liverwurst series

Both books in this series are written by Mercer Mayer, but illustrated by Steven Kellogg:

Appelard and Liverwurst (1978)

Liverwurst is Missing (1981)

Fairy tale and classic story re-telling

Beauty and the Beast (with Marianna Mayer) (1978) ISBN 1-58717-017-5

East of the Sun & West of the Moon (1980)

Favorite Tales from Grimm (Retold by Nancy Garden) (1982)

The Sleeping Beauty (1984) ISBN 0-02-765340-4

A Christmas Carol (1986) (retold with mice, originally by Charles Dickens) ISBN 0-02-730310-1

The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1987)

Moral Tales series

Wordless flip-books featuring two stories

Two Moral Tales (1974) featuring:

"Bird's New Hat"

"Bear's New Clothes"

Two More Moral Tales (1974) featuring:

"Sly Fox's Folly"

"Just a Pig at Heart"

Other Mercer Mayer books

Terrible Troll (1968) (re-released as The Bravest Knight in May, 2007 with ISBN 0-8037-3206-6)

If I Had (1968) (re-released as If I Had a Gorilla)

I Am a Hunter (1969)

A Special Trick (1970)

Mine! (with Marianna Mayer) (1970)

Me and My Flying Machine (1971)

The Queen Always Wanted to Dance (1971)

A Silly Story (1972)

Bubble Bubble (1973)

Mrs. Beggs and the Wizard (re-released as The Wizard Comes to Town) (1973) ISBN 1-57768-388-9

Walk, Robot, Walk (1974)

You're the Scaredy-Cat (1974)

What Do You Do with a Kangaroo? (1974)

The Great Cat Chase: A Wordless Book (1975) (originally released with black and white illustrations, it was re-released as just The Great Cat Chase in the 1990s with added words and in color)

Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp (1976) ISBN 0-8193-0801-3

Herbert the Timid Dragon (1980) ISBN 0-307-13732-5

Whinnie the Lovesick Dragon (illustrated by Diane Dawson Hearn) (1986)

Mercer Mayer's a Monster Followed Me to School (1991) ISBN 0-307-61466-2

Rosie's Mouse (1992) ISBN 0-307-11468-6

Shibumi and the Kitemaker (1999) ISBN 0-7614-5145-5

The Rocking Horse Angel (2000) ISBN 0-7614-5072-6

The Little Drummer Mouse (2006) ISBN 0-8037-3147-7 (Mercer Mayer also narrates the audio version, and he wrote the music)

Illustrations for other author's books

The Master and Margarita - by Mikhail Bulgakov (1967 English edition by Harper & Row) (features a winking cat holding a gun on the front cover)

Logan's Run - by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson (Dial Press, 1967 first printing hardcover)

Outside My Window - by Liesel Moak Skorpen (1968) (re-issued 2004) ISBN 0-06-050774-8

The Boy Who Made A Million - by Sidney Offit (1968)

Golden Butter - by Sheila LaFarge (1969)

Boy Was I Mad - by Kathryn Hitte (1969) ISBN 0-8193-0273-2

The Mousechildren and the Famous Collector - by Warren Fine (1970)

Jack Tar - by Jean Russell Larson (1970) ISBN 0-8255-5200-1

The Bird of Time - by Jane Yolen (1971) ISBN 0-690-14425-3

Altogether, One At a Time - by E.L. Konigsburg (1971) ISBN 0-689-71290-1

Good-bye Kitchen - by Mildred Kantrowitz (1972) ISBN 0-8193-0542-1

Kim Ann and the Yellow Machine - by Candida Palmer (1972) ISBN 0-663-22972-3

While the Horses Galloped to London - by Mabel Watts (1973) ISBN 0-8193-0652-5

The Greenhouse - by Antonia Lamb (1974 paperback version)

The Figure In the Shadows - by John Bellairs (1975) (Re-released in 2004 as A John Bellairs Mystery Featuring Lewis Barnavelt: The Figure in the Shadows) ISBN 0-14-240260-5

A Poison Tree and Other Poems - written by various poets, poems selected by and llustrated by Mercer Mayer (1977)

A Book of Unicorns - by Welleran Poltarnees (various illustrators including a Mercer Mayer's Unicorn illustration from Amanda Dreaming) (1978)

Illustrations for George Mendoza's books

Books written by George Mendoza that Mercer Mayer illustrated:

The Crack in the Wall & Other Terribly Weird Tales (1968) ISBN 0-8037-1547-1

The Gillygoofang(1968) ISBN 0-8037-2899-9

Illustrations for Jan Wahl's books

Book by Jan Wahl that Mercer Mayer illustrated:

Margaret's Birthday (1971)

Grandmother Told Me (1972) ISBN 0-316-91744-3

Illustrations for Jay Williams' books

Book by Jay Williams that Mercer Mayer illustrated:

Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like (1976)

The Reward Worth Having (1977)

Illustrations for John D. Fitzgerald's The Great Brain series

Books from John D. Fitzgerald's The Great Brain series that were originally illustrated by Mercer Mayer. Some later releases had new front covers by a different illustrator, but were still illustrated by Mercer Mayer on the inside. The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald

The Great Brain (1967) (by John D. Fitzgerald)

More Adventures of the Great Brain (1969) (by John D. Fitzgerald) ISBN 0-8037-5819-7

Me and My Little Brain (1971) (by John D. Fitzgerald) ISBN 0-8037-5531-7

The Great Brain at the Academy (1972) (by John D. Fitzgerald) ISBN 0-8037-3039-X

The Great Brain Reforms (1973) (by John D. Fitzgerald) ISBN 0-8037-3067-5

The Return of the Great Brain (1974) (by John D. Fitzgerald) ISBN 0-8037-7403-6

The Great Brain Does it Again (1975) (by John D. Fitzgerald) ISBN 0-8037-5065-X

Illustrations for Barbara Wersba's books

Books by Barbara Wersba that Mercer Mayer illustrated:

Let Me Fall Before I Fly (1971)

Amanda Dreaming (1973)

Magazine appearances

Harper's Magazine, April 1967. Vol. 284. No. 1403. - features, The War with the Birds by Philip Wagner with drawings by Mercer Mayer)

Harper's Magazine, June 1967. Vol. 234. No. 1405. - features, The Riddle of the Dangerous Bean: A Scientific Detective Story by Judith R. Marcus and Gerald Cohen with a drawing by Mercer Mayer)

Harper's Magazine, August 1967. Vol. 235. No. 1407. - features, What Keeps Nixon Running by Stephen Hess and David S. Broder with a drawing by Mercer Mayer)

Children's Digest, December 1968 - front cover illustration

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 9 (May, 1977) - reprints Ah-Choo.

Mercer Mayer Recordings (Audio Books and Other)

Audio Books

From Disneyland Records and Little Golden Books (usually labeled as a "Little Golden Book & Cassette" or "Little Golden Book & Record"). These are books that came with a word for word audio recording on record (speed = 33 1/3, size = 7") or cassette tape of someone reading the story. They usually included music, sound effects, and original songs too. Sometimes the cassettes were labeled "Record your own story" on the B-side (with the original recording on the A-side. "SEE the pictures HEAR the record READ the book", was a catch phrase that was written on most of these books.

Just For You (1984) ASIN B000JFJCIM

Just Me and My Dad

Merry Christmas Mom & Dad (Includes the original songs "Merry Christmas Mom and Dad" and "Dear Santa") Series # 226 (1983) ISBN per Amazon was 9-9963-6247-7 (out of print)

Just Go To Bed (1986) ISBN 0-307-13798-8

Just Grandpa and Me (1986) ISBN 0-307-13942-5

Just Grandma and Me (1986) ISBN per Amazon was 9-9988-8357-1

Just Me and My Babysitter (1986) ISBN 0-307-13943-3

When I Get Bigger (1986) ISBN 0-307-13799-6

Mercer Mayer recordings

Audio CDs that are available on Mercer Mayer's official site.

Mercer Mayer Alligator Under My Bed and Other Story Songs CD (Featuring the songs: "What Do You Do With A Kangaroo," "Critters Of The Night (Theme)," "Alligator Under My Bed," "Let's Go Camping," "Me And My Mom," "If I Had A Gorilla," "Big Paw's Coming," "The World Goes Around")

The Little Drummer Mouse A Christmas Story CD (Featuring the story read by Mercer Mayer and the songs: "Three Kings From Far Away," "I Wish," "The New Baby King," "Me And My Drum," "The Blessing," "You Must Be From The City")

Other Known Mercer Mayer songs

These songs are either mentioned on the official Mercer Mayer website or featured on it, but are not currently available otherwise.

"Sunshine" (AKA "Sunshine Makes You Sneeze")

"My Momma Said" (AKA "Clean Up Your Room")

"Clean up My Doggie" (AKA "My Doggie Lies in a Mud Puddle")

Mercer Mayer Computer Software

The CD-Roms usually included the original story and additional material (animations, audio) for fun and educational purposes (they were produced in association with Mercer Mayer's company Big Tuna New Media, LLC).

The Tink! Tonk! series of games were educational and action video game style.

Mercer Mayer's Just Grandma and Me CD-Rom (part of the Living Books series) (1993) ISBN 1-57135-002-0

Mercer Mayer's Little Monster at School (part of the Living Books series) CD-Rom (1994) ISBN 1-57135-037-3

Mercer Mayer's Just Me and My Dad CD-Rom (1996)

Mercer Mayer's Just Me and My Mom CD-Rom (1996)

The Smelly Mystery Starring Mercer Mayer's Little Monster, Private Eye CD-Rom (1997) ISBN 1-56893-402-5

The Mummy Mystery Starring Mercer Mayer's Little Monster, Private Eye CD-Rom (2001)

Mercer Mayer's Little Critter and the Great Race CD-Rom (2001)

Tink! Tonk! Tink's Adventure Atari / Commodore 64 /Apple II (C64) (Sprout Software)

Tink! Tonk! Tonk in the Land of Buddy Bots Atari / C64 /Apple II (Sprout Software)

Tink! Tonk! Tinka's Mazes Atari / C64 / Apple II (Sprout Software)

Tink! Tonk! Tuk Goes to Town Atari / C64 / Apple II (Sprout Software)

Tink! Tonk! Tink's Subtraction Fair Atari / C64 / Apple II (Sprout Software)

Tink! Tonk! Castle Clobber Atari / C64 / Apple II (Sprout Software)

Forbidden Castle PC booter / Apple II (Mindscape, Inc.) (1985)

Announced but unreleased books

Critter Kids

This is a list of Critter Kids books with dates originally scheduled for late 2006 but they have yet to be released:

Danger Down Under (by Erica Farber and Mercer Mayer) (Date unknown) ISBN 0-7696-4774-X

The Return of the Dinosaurs (by Erica Farber and Mercer Mayer) (Date unknown) ISBN 0-7696-4772-3

Canyon River Camp (by Erica Farber and Mercer Mayer) (Date unknown) ISBN 0-7696-4773-1

The Secrets of Snowy Mountain (by Erica Farber and Mercer Mayer) (Date unknown) ISBN 0-7696-4776-6

The Critter Kids Talent Show (by Erica Farber and Mercer Mayer) (Date unknown) ISBN 0-7696-4777-4

The Mystery of the Missing Vase (by Erica Farber and Mercer Mayer) (Date unknown) ISBN 0-7696-4775-8

External links

Mercer Mayer bibliography in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Little Critter, Mercer Mayer's official website

Categories: Bibliographies by author | American children's writers | American illustrators

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Decorating for Christmas Memories

T2i — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:47:11 +0000

One of the most fun parts of Christmas, for adults and children alike, is decorating! Every family has their own decorating traditions. Some families wait until Christmas Eve to put up and decorate their Christmas tree, while other families can't even wait until after Thanksgiving to drag out the lights, ornaments, nativity scenes, and boxes and boxes of those cherished Christmas decorations.

For as many years as you've been putting out your Christmas decorations, there is always room in your home for more. And there's always a chance to learn new tricks when it comes to filling your home with the Christmas spirit.

This holiday season; don't hesitate to bring the outside in at Christmas. Pinecones, firs, and greenery can be brought inside to give your home a little Christmas warmth. Your children and grandchildren can create unique holiday treats with a little help from you. Give each child some pinecones and let them decorate with paint, glue, glitter, and fake snow. The decorated pinecones can be left in your windowsills, in baskets throughout your home, or even roped around trees in your yard, as an easy outdoor Christmas decoration.

Another great way to rev up some holiday spirit with your kids is to teach them a variety of homemade, traditional Christmas decorations. Pop some popcorn and get some cranberries to string around your tree. Or, build the biggest and best gingerbread house you have ever seen with gum drops, icing and lollipops galore. Not into edible decorations? Drag out the sewing machine and have your children help design new Christmas-themed tablecloths and placemats for the big day.

If you have a big enough property, you can even step up your Christmas decorations a notch this year and become the house on the block for people to see. This could take a little extra work, and bit more charge on your electricity bill, but it could also be a once in a lifetime experience for your young children.

Decorating "Griswold" style may involve loading your house with lights of every shape and color, and putting out larger decorations, like a big plastic light up Santa Claus and a few reindeer. You could also try to go with a theme, such as the top Christmas movies of all time, and have figurines and different settings on your lawn representing scenes from the movies. Then sit back and watch as the neighborhood drives by to see your new creation.

If you are not into plastic Christmas figures and extra company, you could always go with the classic lit deer, or a simply lit tree in your front yard. Garland wrapped around the columns of your house also lends a stately touch.

So, it doesn't matter if you are hanging stockings over the fireplace, unwrapping Christmas ornaments from years gone by, or setting out your favorite nutcracker, there is one important thing to remember this holiday season. Treasure each and every moment with your loved ones, and make each holiday decoration a new and cherished memory.

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