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Figuring out the nesting Santa puzzle Christmas Day is past. The kids came, shared lots of laughter, food and fun and then went home. My daughter and her husband and their two dogs just took off about an hour ago. The snow was only a dusting here so no problem for them to go south. Lots of chores waiting for me. Got …
We had our Christmas program at our little church tonight. First we had a Candlelight service, one of my favorite services of the year, but I missed half the service because I couldn’t leave Mom’s until my sister came. But I did get to see the kids act out the first Christmas with a little help from some of the …
I like Nativity Sets. I have three. One in minature, one that my daughter gave me several years ago that is fragile, and one that’s made of wood so the grandkids can arrange the figures to their hearts’ content. One of my granddaughters set up the one in the picture. She has all the people, and the animals too, pushing in close …
The 12th day of the 12th month of the 12th year – a once in a century day, but then aren’t all days a once in a lifetime and then gone days? Still, it was neat seeing all the 12-12-12s. One couple got married at 12 noon. Another baby was born a few minutes after 12 noon. Both made the …
“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” ~Burton Hill Finally with a little help from my youngest grandkids, I got my tree decorated. Isn’t that the way of it? The ones old enough to be real help stop wanting to help with things like this while the little ones who …
“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.” ~Benjamin Franklin This house contains nothing but memories and echoes of what once was. It’s a house in my town that has always been a source of wondering for me. So when the current owners agreed to put the house …
It might be sixty-five degrees outside here in Kentucky, but it is December. Christmas is on the way. And one of the best things about Christmas is the spirit of giving. Gifts, gifts and more gifts. I’m getting on board the gift giving train by having a Christmas giveaway. st prize is a pair of these fun bookends, winner’s choice …
“What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.” ~Walter Scott I can agree with Mr. Scott on that. I’ve made good use of several diaries when working on this or that book. But keeping a …
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. ~Pearl S. Buck We just celebrated Thanksgiving and counted our blessings. I had plenty to count. Now we’re heading toward the Christmas holidays. …
The unthankful heart …discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds iron, so it will find in every hour, some heavenly blessings! ~ Henry Ward Beecher I have so many blessings to count on Thanksgiving Day that it would take me a while if I tried to even …