Category Archives: Holidays

Love, A Terrible and Generous Passion – Valentine’s Day 2013

To my Napkin Kin,

I love drawing for you.  I dream of good and wonderful things happening for you.  I love you and thank you.

valentine's day 2013

If you wish someone to be happy, if that is what you hope to have happen, then you can call it whatever you want, but I call it love.

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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman, who is a lover, not a fighter.

Quote by Alphonse Karr, 1808- 1890, French journalist, editor of Le Figaro

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Love is a Fire – Valentine’s Week 2013

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Or maybe it does both, just depends on the day?  

Either way, hearth or house, if the blanket covering you is made of love, you will be protected.  

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Drawing by Marty Coleman, who never knows…until he does.

Quote by Joan Crawford, 1904-1977, American Actress

Lucille LeSueur, aka Joan Crawford

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What Matters – Christmas 2012

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What Matters

 

It’s not about the gift,

It’s not about the reason.

It’s not about the money,

And it’s not about season.

 

It’s just about the love,

Dressed up or in tatters.

Feel it, show it, give it,

And that’s what truly matters.

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Merry and Happy,  Marty

 

How vs What – Gift Giving Note #1

This is my gift to you – a week of notes on Gift Giving. Aren’t you happy?

gift giving note #1

Trauma Giving

It’s so simple it only needs one sentence.  Don’t be a stingy jerk at Christmas or Hannukah.  Ok, maybe a few more sentences.  That doesn’t mean you give a lot. It means what you give you give willingly, with joy and enthusiasm.  If you complain about the cost of something, especially to the person you are giving it to, then DON’T FREAKING BUY IT in the first place!  If you complain about how hard it was to find something, how they better enjoy it, how you hope they appreciate all the terrible trauma you went to to get it…then you are ruining the gift giving. Just shut up and give it to them with a smile.  You can tell them all about the near death experience of your Christmas shopping in your memoirs or when you are in couples counseling, but don’t do it Christmas morning.

Gracious Giving

The attitude of gracious gift giving is what your loved ones will remember and learn from, not the gift itself (unless you give them an encyclopedia, then they will probably learn from the gift as well). Of course, to get to gracious giving you might want to stay within your means and give gifts you enjoyed getting, finding, making, buying, discovering for that particular person.  Just a thought.

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Drawing and quote by Marty Coleman, who never drew a violin before (that he can remember).

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Interesting Gift Giving fact of the day

People with longer last names give more gifts at Christmas

(source: The Goods – the blog of uncommon goods)

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A Black Friday Drawing

HOLY SHIT

 

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