Good things come in small packages

Some folks say “It’s all about the timing.” In Monticello this week, it was all about rhyming. The Arnold Packer Hughes Auditorium, inside the Monticello Central School, was transformed this past week into “Who-ville,” a technicolor world of elephants, kangaroos, turtles and exotic birds led by that famous feline, the Cat in the Hat.

Scores of students, teachers and parents all combined their talents to produce “Seussical the Musical” (junior version) at the school this week, and their efforts were rewarded with thunderous applause as these talented kids sang and danced their hearts out for the packed house on Friday night.

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My holiday favorite

The first treats of the holiday season have started to appear on market shelves—pomegranates, clementines, candy canes, and my favorite: the fruitcake.

“I can’t believe you like that,” my friend Carol says as we go through the aisles of the “Big M” in Deposit, NY. We are killing time while our daughters take ballet lessons on Friday evenings.

“I love it,” I say. “I am a fruitcake,” I say.

Carol mutters something. “We all are sometimes,” she says. (Carol is always kind.)

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