holidays
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The Christmas Village
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Calvin Coolidge (I revisited a post I wrote in 2021, and it’s filled with a sense of nostalgia. A few years ago, I decided…
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Family Celebrations
If you can’t get rid of the family skeleton, you might as well make it dance. George Bernard Shaw It’s the season of jack- o -lanterns, ghosts, skeletons and trick or treat. It doesn’t matter the holiday, we celebrate them all. On Halloween you will find us each carving our own pumpkin and putting it…
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Christmas Tea
Christmas if doing a little something extra for someone. Charles Schulz I’ve been thinking about friends and Christmas. Maybe, Thanksgiving isn’t the only holiday to be thankful. Maybe, we should be thankful at Christmas, too. As I begin to think about preparations for my annual Christmas Tea it brings to mind how gratefulI I am…
Aging with Grace 