Tag Archives: holidays

Another Essay That’s For The Birds

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Mike Slickster

Almost like clockwork, a couple of ospreys have returned to my neck of the woods for another breeding season, although, not exactly in Andalusia yet. Usually they appear around St. Patrick’s Day, but have been arriving late for the past … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, Andalusia, Andalusian, arriving, Beatles, beloved, birds, Bristol, clockwork, commonwealth, COVID-19, crows, dedication, Delanco, Delaware River, Easter, Enterprise Range, essay, exciting adventures, fishing, Free as a Bird, freeloading, governor, great cormorants, Herringbone, holidays, Keystone Range, Landreth Channel Buoy, late, lockdown, March 17th, migration, mike slickster, Mud Island, music tracks, N.J., neighborhood, nest, nesting, no cigar, nonchalantly, nor'easters, north, ospreys, PA, pandemic, Passover, Pen Ryn Estate, Pen Ryn Vixen, Penn Warner, Pennypack Park, philadelphia, Radcliffe, religious, riverfront, seasons, sporadically, squatting, St. Patrick's Day, temperatures, travel restrictions, trout, Tullytown, Tullytown Cove, waterfront | Leave a comment

Political Platitudes, Sedition and Treachery

Posted on January 3, 2021 by Mike Slickster

The holidays are history, thank goodness, which were painful for many this time around. Due to not being able to gather with family and friends safely in large numbers, resulting from COVID-19 and a variant thereof (into week 43 of … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 2020, apparition, attitude, Baal, bastardizations, betrayal, Bob Dylan, bone, Buddha, cheer, cliché, college, constant, conundrum, countenance, cover tune, COVID-19, daily, diatribe, disenfranchisement, divinity, dollars, eerie, expression, face, Family, friends, frowning, gateway, gather, ghosts, glamorous, God, Gotta Serve Somebody, Heaven, history, Holiday, holidays, Home, Home on the Range, host, just sayin', language, large numbers, life, love, made-up, mask, mask-less, melancholy, moan, new tricks, new year, old dog, painful, pandemic, pearly whites, people, personal, pestilence, platitudes, play, poem, poetic license, Poetry, political, politicians, poor, power, public, Ra, Reagan, reflect, reports, revising, rich, roam, Rome, sacred cow, Scrooge, season, sedition, sights, smiling, social media, society, stolen election, sun, teach, Thor, tirade, tirades, treachery, treason, Trinity, vernacular, verses, voter fraud, waxing poetic, week 43, yin and yang, yuletide, Zen | Leave a comment

A Holiday Reminiscence

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Mike Slickster

Christmas is just a few days away. Hanukkah starts on Sunday. Reminiscing is a big part of the holiday season. At least it is for me. It cheers me up to think about the good times spent while growing up, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 7-11, bank, bedroom, Catholic, cherub, christmas, chubby, coins, Dumont, Father Christmas, festivities, fourth grade, Google Earth, guinea pig, hammer, Hanukkah, hike, holidays, Jewish, Johnny, Lincoln Elementary, Looney Tunes, mumps, N.J., neighborhood, noodle, Oradell, parents, pet, presents, recollections, religion, reminiscence, reminiscing, Road Runner, run, school, second grade, side door, skinny, the kinks, toy truck, U.S Postal Service, vinyl siding | Leave a comment

Today’s Tirade: Put a Sock in It!

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Mike Slickster

Why do small dogs have such annoying barks? Not only does the shrill of their yapping grind my nerves like someone’s shifting the gears of a standard transmission without applying the clutch, but the sheer intensity of the mongrel’s yipping, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged animal, annoyance, annoying, apartment, asylum, authorities, butt, caricature, chores, christmas, cleaners, complaint, complex, composing, crescendo, critter, cur, diatribe, diet, dog, dog excrement, dogs, Fitbit, gifts, gloomy, goodies, google, habitual barking, hallway, help, holidays, intensity, lady, life, love, mainspring, mall, memes, mongrel, move out, mutt, mysteries, neighbors, nemeses, nerves, Net, next door, nuisance, Oh my God, pain, photos, Pink Floyd, politely, pounds, raining, rainy, raveled, repeatedly, sanity, Seamus the Dog, shrieking, shut, siren, small dogs, sock, sorted, steps, supermarket, tenants, terrified, tirade, today's tirade, trap, twenty-four years, window, woman, yapping, yipping | 4 Comments

How Much Do I Love the Internet? Let Me Count the Ways!

Posted on September 28, 2019 by Mike Slickster

Sixty-one days remain until Thanksgiving, eighty-eight ’til Christmas. Ninety-four days are left to 2019, three hundred and ninety-five before the U.S. presidential election. Yikes, let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. Autumn just started last week. We need to … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged actor, Autumn, baseball, baseball team, brag, celebrity wannabees, cell phone, cell-phone camera, censor, christmas, Cledus T. Judd, climate change, Colonel Potter, comic strip, complain, cooler weather, developing, e-mail, egotistical, face to face, facebook, film, First Redneck On The Internet, global warming, habit, Harry Morgan, holidays, hoodies, inspiration, instagram, internet, Internet service, M*A*S*H, Nadia Comaneci, National Weather Service, Net, network censors, offend, Pearls Before Swine, pet peeve, polite company, politically correct, pontifical, poppycock, puns, rat, real world, save money, self-important, selfies, Smartphone Zombies, social media, Stephan Pastis, sweaters, talking heads, teed-off, texts, Thanksgiving, the Nationals, tirade, town crier, U.S. presidential election, vanity, verbally, Web, World Wide Web, youtube | Leave a comment

It’s That Time of Year Again!

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Mike Slickster

My late, ex-sister-in-law always said my family suffered from the “Slickster Curse,” not our real surname, but a moniker used throughout my Internet and Social Media presence, used in substitution to protect the innocent. How she determined our dark dilemma is … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged ., adversity, Antarctic, atrocious, atrocity, bad luck, being, Black Friday, brother, California, car, catastrophe, chaos, cooper, ex-sister-in-law, forboding, governed, holidays, ice, internet, isolated, luck stars, Mack truck, misfortune, Mr. Nice Guy, Murphy;s Law, power lines, power-steering pump, problems, rant, research station, russian, scientist, self-fulfilling prophesy, Slickster's Curse, social media, stabbing, Steely Dan, Thanksgiving, tirade, wet snow, When Black Friday Comes, wildfires, winter storm | Leave a comment

Instant Paralysis

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Mike Slickster

Happy Father’s Day Weekend to all involved, whether it be you, your parent, relative, a step-father, grandpappy, great-grandfather, or an adopted dad through friendship. This can apply also to mothers who are raising a child or a bevy of kids … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged bartender, birthday, blender, Bosco, desperation, diatribes, duet, father, Father's Day, friendship, hangover, holidays, Instant Paralysis, liqueur, liquor, longevity, margaritas, mother, Mother's Day, mum, newspaper route, NJ, Paterson, pop, Rie Waits, sloe gin, Stone Fruit, typewriter | Leave a comment

An Ode to Easter Past

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Mike Slickster

Holidays bring forth so many memories, like it or not. For some they are painful and better if left forgot, About what makes a person sad and melancholy. Try to remember only what makes you jolly, by golly! It’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged barn, bird, bird droppings, blogosphere, Bob Dylan, chicken, Dad, dickens, Easter, emotions, farm, fibber, fox, Gotta Serve Somebody, henhouse, holidays, jolly, maternal, melancholy, memories, mom, mum, Ode, Peeper, poem, Poetry, poop, pop, poultry, puppy dog, Sunday Dinner | 2 Comments

Throwback Thursday: The Look

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Mike Slickster

Holidays always bring on reminiscing, especially about those who are no longer with us. To buffer the sadness felt for their absence in one’s life, it’s often best to dwell on the good times or humorous aspects from when our … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged baggy pants, British Invasion, brother, Cloud Nine, contemporary, Dad, father, fire-breathing dragon, hackensack, holidays, Humor, iron maiden, Kelly, Main Street, memories, Mod, mother, nun, Packard-Bambergers, pop, reminiscing, Rocker, sadness, Sears and Roebuck, The Look, The Who, twisted sister | Leave a comment

The Circle Game

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Mike Slickster

Thanksgiving has passed already and we all gained at least five pounds, right? The upcoming holidays are always a time for deep reflection, a season’s beginning at the cusp of another less than a month away. To where does time … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged age, Amazon, Circle Game, Cyber Monday, dental floss, flat adverb, Folgers, food-shopping, fountain of youth, Goodyear, grammarians, holdiay season, holidays, home studio, instant coffee, iPhone, keyboard, madman, Maxwell House, procrastination, reflection, Thanksgiving, time, tirade | 5 Comments

	Mike Slickster on Settled In For The Long H…
	Mary Anne Wolfrey on Settled In For The Long H…
	Mike Slickster on Settled In For The Long H…
	Mary Anne Wolfrey on Settled In For The Long H…
	Mike Slickster on ¿Qué pasa?

Tag Archives: holidays

Another Essay That’s For The Birds

A Holiday Reminiscence

Today’s Tirade: Put a Sock in It!

Instant Paralysis

An Ode to Easter Past

The Circle Game

Recent Comments

Archives

Categories

Meta

Follow Blog via Email

To purchase Mike Slickster's novels, please click on the links below:

Follow me on Twitter

A Part of My World

Tags

Blog Stats