Advice from a small town girl

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat . . .

And so am I.

It’s odd. Not that I’m gaining weight during what has, relatively recently, become a season of excess. Excess blessed by retailers, Wall Street, the government, the media, and perhaps most of all –China.

Now, I frequently say that “everything to excess” is my personal motto. I’ve lived in that mode for a long time, regardless of employment or income. But always lingering in the corner of my mind is that little Puritan (I’m sure I’ve mentioned her before) looking at me with that face. You know the one. It’s the same face your moth...