Dec. 31

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! I hope that your holiday is safe and fun. I'm making ham and beans and our traditional Stromboli. Funny how traditions get started. The Stromboli was a treat that I could only fix once a year when our children were young and so I fixed it on New Year's. It is yummy and a relief when we are tired of ham and turkey from the holidays. Now the family teases that however the Stromboli turns out will determine how good of a year it will be. So, here's to perfect Stromboli. Stay safe! Cheers~

Dec. 30

Happy Birthday to my Dad! May your next year be filled with blessings and happiness. May your next play (he writes fun, boo-hiss, melodramas) be produced off, off Broadway :) and may you find success in every venture. Hugs!

Dec. 29

Doesn't it feel as if December should be over all ready? I mean, we had the big work up to Christmas and now it's over. So December should be over, right? :) My Mom says not to wish your life away. She is right. My January calendar is full and I am impatient to get on with it. Still this morning when I was doing dishes I looked out the window at the snow covered ground, the bare brown branches of the woods behind the house and there-to my delight- were rays of the rising sun. They hit the branches just right so that only a few select tips shone with a golden light that you rarely see. They sparkled as if a small handful of gold winged fairies alighted on select branches. The effect didn't last long. It was the moment when the light was at the right angle. So awesome. And here's the thing, if it were January already, the sun would be at a different angle and that fairy light would have never happened. So- here's to living in the moment, no matter how impatient we are to see it gone. Cheers~

Dec. 28

Happy birthday to my sister-in-law, Sherry! I hope this year is filled with wishes come true. Sherry is set to be a first time Grandma sometime in February. So, it will be a year full of excitement.

Happy Monday everyone!

Dec. 27

I had to take the Christmas tree down yesterday. The poor thing died an early death this year. It was very brown and by the time we got the ornaments and lights off most of the needles were on the carpet and tree skirt. Still is was fragrant to the end, smelling of pine and outdoors. The remaining bits of the tree will go out to be recycled for mulch for the local gardens. It was a good tree that added oxygen to the air while it grew. It nurtured birds and bugs and small mammals while it reached out it's branches to the sky. Then it was cut down, bringing the farmer income and stimulating the economy. When put up in my house, it warmed and comforted us with it's twinkling lights and decorations. It's bright smell filled my home for a full month. Now the recycled remains will go to nurturing other trees and bushes. I think all in all the tree is a perfect example of living a life rich in purpose and meaning. Cheers~

Dec. 26

Christmas is over and Saturday chores commence. There are big fat flakes of snow falling from the sky as if we were a snow globe that someone shook. There are deer trails in the snow going down to the edge of the lake for water. Tiny mouse or mole trails under the snow as well. It's clear they can't see where they are going as the tiny trail zigzags around the deer trail. All the geese are gone. The only birds are tiny finches that flit from snowy branch to snowy branch. It is after all the dead of winter.

Dec. 25th

Okay- what are you all doing reading blog posts on Christmas? hmm? Go- spend time with friends and family-lol. (And if you aren't Christian-please take this wonderful day off and do something fun-like go to a movie or something. Blog posts will keep.)

Wishing you the very merriest of holidays!