The Saturday Evening Post articles from November 1997

The Saturday Evening Post archives from November 1997

Making things worse.(humorous commentary on difference between aggravation and irritation)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1997... My wife gets even more junk M mail than I do. It pours in from politicians and their action committees, from charities, from people hawking newsletters and advice, and of course from dozens of sweepstakes mongers. She says she'd like to get...

A taste of Christmas past.(recipes)
November 1, 1997... Here's a holiday meal everyone will savor from the moment the aroma of roasting hen comes wafting from the oven to the very last delicious morsel at the dinner table. At the center are cornish hens, roasted to a golden brown. The birds...

What to munch for brunch.(recipes)(excerpted from 'The Saturday Evening Post Antioxidant Cookbook')(Brief Article)
November 1, 1997... For the busy person, holiday time adds get-togethers, pitch-ins, and parties to an already full schedule. Whether you're planning a small brunch at home or need a quick dish for a pitch-in meal, the following recipes from The Saturday Evening...

"I've found God."(religious narratives)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1997... One day, I was walking down the streets of London, and I saw a man quite drunk. He was looking so sad and miserable! I went right up to him and took his hand, shook it, and asked, "How are you?" (My hand is always warm.) And he said, "Oh,...

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa.(reprinted from New York Sun, Sept. 21, 1897)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1997... Her whole name was Mrs. Laura Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas. She earned a master's degree from Columbia University and a doctorate from Fordham, and she had a long and distinguished career as a teacher and administrator in the New York City school...

Charlie Trotter's Seafood.
November 1, 1997... If you like to cook or just love seafood, the latest in a series of books by chef Charlie Trotter is sure to get your creative juices flowing. For this innovative Chicago chef, cooking is more than an art form -- it's an adventure, and...

A boy in Bethlehem.(short story)
November 1, 1997... I can remember everything about that day: the wind, a light stirring of fine, sharp air; the sky pale blue, the blue sky of a fine winter day; the earth brown with winter. My father was busy with his brothers Manasses and Eliud. They were...

Braving the mighty Hogbacks.(tobogganing narrative)
November 1, 1997... Seldom do I hark back to the troubles of my youth. Not only is it quite a hark, but I usually have trouble enough in the current era to keep me occupied. In one era and out the other, you might say. I certainly wouldn't say it, but you might....

The Home Ranch.(Clark, Colorado)
November 1, 1997... What's the weather forecast for tonight?" someone asks Paul, the burly passerby who has just rescued us, but not our rented van, from a snowbank on the wrong side of U.S. 40. Paul is delivering us by truck to an all-night grocery store where...