Jane M. writes:

“. . . Her birthday has passed but she’s expecting a package in the mail from me as I told her I located the perfect birthday surprise. This way we can spread the celebration out for a longer period of time. (She lives in Portland, Oregon). Our family tradition is to work together in the kitchen and listen to the Cape Cods. At Christmas, we went through our entire library as we did our holiday baking and preparations for our annual Christmas eve open house! Having new ones won’t diminish our enjoyment of the old ones –especially Curse of the Whale’s Tooth and the one with the delivery guy who wears “muddly brown.”