I always look forward to Winter Solstice. I like the turn of the wheel when the days get lighter, and lighter. Although this year, I haven’t minded the darkening days quite as much. Maybe the sunlight on the brilliantly white snow during the day helps. Its truly a Winter Wonderland here right now. I hope [...]
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What is it about Christmas? I haven’t always had the cheeriest Christmases and I’m sure I will be having a big ole’ lump of coal Christmas this year, but Christmas doesn’t get me down- even if its not perfect. (New Year’s is a different story.) I just love everything to do with Christmas. I love [...]
Posted in Christmas/Winter Holiday Music, Essays Epiphanies and Reviews, My Life | Tagged Christmas, Christmas Music, friends, holidays, John Denver, Muppets, peace, ship, We Wish You A Merry Christmas |
Take one It Feels Like Christmas from A Muppet Christmas Carol and call someone you LOVE. It’s true where ever you find love It feels like Christmas! No, I’m a LARGE absent minded spirit! Ho ho ho ho! Lyrics Nyah nyah nyah nyah . . . It’s in the singing of a street corner choir [...]
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Laura over at Pick Me! posted about hoarding today. I started to respond but it got so long that I decided to make it a post instead of a comment. * I grew up with a hoarder and I couldn’t stand it! I was always embarrassed to have my friends over. I wasn’t allowed to [...]
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I wrote the following during this last Christmas season. I had just decided to go back home rather than to my Granddad’s house in another town. How has your holiday vacation been? (I hope you’ve had some holiday vacation!) I’ve been thinking about the coming year. What I think I should be doing is looking [...]
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One of the great things about quitting my job has been getting to spend time reading. One of the books I read over Christmas was Merle’s Door. Here’s what my mom has to say about it: I finished reading Merle’s door – I don’t know if you checked out the website – but you can [...]
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I got a goal workbook from a friend for Christmas. It looks like it will be very useful and I already started filling it out. I’m going to follow it up with a collage to keep me focused on my goals and to keep me inspired for the coming year. You can download and print [...]
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Check out Tinsel Tales on NPR for some Christmas stories, cuddle up by the fire, take a walk in the desert, look out over the Ocean and listen to some stories. I especially like John Henry Faulk’s Christmas Story. What are your Christmas stories? I don’t even know if I have Christmas stories… let’s see… [...]
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You give one charity $25 and before you know it, Anthony D. Romero from ACLU is writing you compelling donation letters. And you can say to the letter, “Look, I know I donated to you once, but I just quit my job and Christmas is coming up.” To which Anthony responds, “At the heart of [...]
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