It's wrap-up time again. Here are some sites suggested by readers during the past month.
Joyce Taylor from Florence e-mailed about an interesting Christmas recipe page.
http://www.santas.net/recipes.htm. Part of a larger holiday site, she wrote: ''These recipes are traditional with a twist - they come from all over the world. So while they may be new to us, they are as common as fruitcake in their originating countries.''
I plan to try the Holiday Ham Balls from Sweden and the Drover's Plum Pudding from Australia. But I have to ask - am I the only one who thinks the Peck of Pikelets from England sounds an awful lot like S'mores?
May Simpson, a teacher from Indiana wrote to mention her concerns about some sites that are using Harry Potter to try to sell to children or to expose them to less suitable materials. She suggested that parents visit:
http://www.surfnetkids.com. They recommend a few ''safe'' sites and also offer a book, ''59 3/4 Fabulous Sites for Harry Potter Fans'' that seems well worth the $6.95 fee for Hogwarts wanna-bes.
Several Bob Dylan fans wrote to say thanks for the column on the legendary performer and to add their personal favorite Web sites to the list. Roger James of Cincinnati and Molly Breaford from Western Hills both wrote about:
http://www.execpc.com/billp61/boblink.html. This page has hundreds of links to Dylan pages, sites, stories, lyrics, comments, bulletin boards and chat rooms.
A Dylan fan from New York who saw the column online recommended:
http://www.aiconnect.com/reiki. This one's been online since the mid-'90s and has some fairly obscure infor mation and articles about Dylan. It hasn't been updated for a while, but if you're a diehard fan, you'll want to check these pages out.
And finally, here are a few more Advent calendars.
http://www.calvary.de/adventcalendar/start.html. This combines beautiful snowflakes, cute graphics and seasonal quotes from the Scriptures.
http://www.north-pole.co.uk/advent/advent5.htm. A little different, but a neat idea - each day's surprise is a list of interesting things that happened on that date in years gone by.
http://www.eshelps.com/web/personal/christmasjoy/index.html. Each day this calendar wil l take you to a different holiday themed site. Some serious, some fun - this one is for anyone who truly loves the Christmas season.
Jan Perry is a Kentucky-based writer for The Post. She welcomes your e-mails at SiteSeer2K@aol.com.
