{"id":1739,"date":"2021-12-06T15:24:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T22:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2021-12-06T15:24:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T22:24:57","slug":"coming-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?p=1739","title":{"rendered":"Coming up&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to December, my friends. For those of you looking for the December giveaway, I had a special giveaway in mind, but I haven&#8217;t yet been able to work out the details. If I can&#8217;t get it figured out in a couple of days, I&#8217;ll proceed with my usual monthly drawing for one of my Alafair Tucker titles on Dec. 11. Keep your eye on this spot or on my Facebook page for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/beautiful-ma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"292\" data-attachment-id=\"1740\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/?attachment_id=1740\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/beautiful-ma.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"177,292\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"beautiful-ma\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/beautiful-ma.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doniscasey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/beautiful-ma.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1740\"\/><\/a><figcaption>My lovely mother<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December is a special month for the Casey clan. Today (Dec 6) would be my mother&#8217;s 94th birthday, Dec. 7 is my sister Carol&#8217;s birthday (I won&#8217;t say which), the 8th was my maternal grandfather&#8217;s birthday, the 16th my parents&#8217; wedding anniversary (and the day we always bought our Christmas tree when I was a kid), the 25th is Christmas, of course, and the 29th is my birthday. Interestingly, my husband Don was one of 7 kids, and of the 6 who grew up, there are two who married people with December 29th birthdays and one who&#8217;s son married a Dec.29 baby. I don&#8217;t know what that means, but it surely means something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wish me giveaway luck, and in the meantime, have a lovely Hannukka!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to December, my friends. For those of you looking for the December giveaway, I had a special giveaway in mind, but I haven&#8217;t yet been able to work out the details. 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