December 24, 2023 It’s Christmas Eve. All is calm, all is bright. Sigh. This day is a landing place after a busy stretch of days and...

December 23, 2020 ~ Reposted December 21, 2023 My childhood bedroom was on the 2nd floor overlooking the backyard. I can remember many a...

December 23, 2021 My childhood home was filled with music, especially at Christmastime. I developed an appreciation for a wide variety of...

Comparison is the thief of joy. --Theodore Roosevelt It’s perfectly natural to feel a let-down after the holidays. We don’t realize how...

December 9, 2021 Ah, the gift list! What can we give? Where do we find it? What can we make or create? How much will we spend? Time,...

December 1, 2021 As much as I love holiday festivities, gatherings, and traditions, I had a sense of relief last year when the pandemic...