(I wrote this the year I turned 50 in 2008 – it still seems timely – I have lost a beloved mother and three pets, but life is still Short and Sweet and Full of tickle grasses… so I am sharing it again.) More than half my life is over. This year I turn fifty [...]
Archive for December, 2009
The Incredible Enough-ness of Being (bumped)
Posted in reflection memoir happiness, tagged Being 50, LIfe, Loving Life, New Year, reminiscence on December 31, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Time for a Fashion Plate!!!
Posted in Christmas, tagged Fashion, fashion plates on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Merry, Merry Christmas!!!
A Bright and Merry Christmas
Posted in Christmas, tagged Merry Christmas, Old Christmas Cards, Prang, Vintage Christmas cards on December 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am named for my maternal grandmother and it was a perfect choice for me. We shared many characteristics and one of the most important is a reverence for the past. She managed to preserve many old family Christmas cards. Few, if any have a salutation written directly on the card, so I do not [...]
Lanterns Across The Snow
Posted in Christmas, Christmas Books, tagged Christmas, Christmas book collections, Christmas Books, Lanterns Across the Snow, Susan Hill on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Last night, the snow fell, and then I began to remember.There is no one else left now, no one who remember it at all. Mother and Father are long dead. And, brother Will, gone for a soldier…” In 1987 I came across this delightful, poignant Christmas book. Lanterns Across the Snow was written by Susan [...]
Old Christmas
Posted in Back-n-Forth Book, Christmas, tagged A Christmas Carol, Chriatmas Traditions, Christmas, Dickens, Facsimile books, Old books, Old Christmas, The Sketch Book, Washington Irving on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love Christmas. I love books. Naturally, when you combine the two you end up with the following conclusion: I love Christmas books. I have been picking up books devoted to Christmas since I was in college. It all started with a facsimile of the original Christmas Carol. I bought one for myself and one [...]
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