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Holiday 2008: For Good Girls & Boys -
HOLIDAY BUTLER: Two unforgettable videos (and a question for you), a Leonard Cohen confession, the best tennis book, the last word on Roger Federer, zucchini you’ll actually like… and I bail for a few days. - FOOD FOR THOUGHT: TWO MUST-WATCH VIDEOS Holly Gleason, author of the definitive book on women in country music and the inside word on all things Nashville, sent me her piece about
Holiday Gift Guide 2007 - There are holidays to visit the Bentley dealer, but this doesn't feel like one of them. For all but the top half-percent, the dominant vibe this season
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2020: Gifts for Kids - No child I know needs to spend another minute looking at a screen. Every child I know would welcome more than a minute with an adult who cares. My friend Randie
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2020: Life Preservers - THIS HOLIDAY IN BUTLER The 2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Life Preservers The 2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for Kids The 2020 Holiday Gift Guide: Books and Movies ---- Cynthia McFadden delivered a lovely message
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 2023:Books and Music - SPOKEN WORD Ruth Draper and Her Company of Characters: Selected Monologues Ruth Draper invented Lily Tomlin. Like this: In a grand 1920’s home, a New York society matron’s Italian lesson is just
Holiday Giving 2013 - A Note from the Marketing Department: We often get e-mails like this: “You’ve said that Head Butler’s financial goal is to earn enough commission from Amazon so The Child can
Holiday Giving 2014 - The Marketing Department wants me to remind you about the super-simple Head Butler business model: You buy stuff on Amazon, I get commission. On everything you buy. That's right: Go
Holiday Music 2018 - The Tallis Scholars concert was transporting. Ten voices, polished by decades together, singing Palestrina at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin --- it was like a drug. And then
Holiday Vacation Butler, 2002 - SUPPORTING BUTLER: You can become a patron of this site, and automatically donate any amount you please — starting with $1 — each month. The service that enables this is
Holiday Vacation Butler: Movies, Videos, Books and Stories To Divert You While I Go Quiet Until January - SUPPORTING BUTLER: Since the start of 2023, Amazon seems to have gone on a quiet campaign to rid itself of small sites that, collectively, generate revenue worth noticing --- and
HOLIDAY WEEKEND BUTLER (CAUTION: EMOTIONAL): “Five Easy Pieces.” The bill at the Last Supper. Bon Iver. A Danish PSA. Easy Chicken Marbella. - SUPPORTING BUTLER: Since the start of 2023, Amazon seems to have gone on a quiet campaign to rid itself of small sites that, collectively, generate revenue worth noticing — and
Holiday Weekend Butler: Pocket Pema. “How to Spot an Idiot.” Two movies. Wisdom from Steve Jobs. Music from an American Master. And more. - HAVING TROUBLE READING? HERE'S ONE SOLUTION. I've been working on two long projects for weeks, with deadlines just days apart, so I've had a good excuse for reading my own writing
Holiday Weekend: Two cheers for no holiday deep thoughts. Edith Wharton (with a stunning bonus). Four movies to stream. Glenn Gould dances! A necessary dish: Mac and Cheese. - REASONS TO BE GRATEFUL I’m not going to tell you that food purchased for use at home is 25 percent more expensive than it was in February 2020. Turkey is up
Holidays 2006: Luxury (Things) -
Holidays ’09: Gifts for Children - Children! Why, I almost forgot them --- and aren’t they the real reason for all this shopping? You may wonder why, halfway through Hanukkah and just 10 days before Christmas, I
Holidays ‘09: Ten Books No One Else Will Suggest - Come now the holidays, and --- if we can stop thinking about the bad news that surrounds us --- maybe we can make these few weeks an island of caring
Holidays ’09: Ten Things You Won’t Find On Other Lists - Music CDs cost no more than a movie ticket. Books don’t cost much more than dinner at Applebee’s. But things? Things suggest diamonds, watches, foreign travel, furs, cars. Expensive stuff,
