Category: Advent and Christmas

• Irony at Advent

  

  A brilliantly sunny, cold, frosty morning. A few days ago we drove to Boston. It was equally cold but more frosty and the trees sparkled, backlit by the early morning sun. Sorry to say there are no photos. Sunday we joined one of Jennie’s twins, Daniel, and his wife, Katie, for pre-Chanukah latkes, a brief…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 9, 2025

  Advent and Christmas, Arts, creativity, denial, family, First Nations, Grief and Fear, Landscape, native american, Nature, Social issues, Sound Art, Sound Art, spirituality, Stories, Winter

  Advent, art, Arts, books, food, healing, Native American, nature, photography, stories, travel, Winter

• Advent Arrives

  

  We awoke to clear skies, frosty windows, and twelve degree temps. Nori the cat went to the briefly open door, happily smelled the outside world, fluffed up to a much larger size, and fled. I received my new computer glasses Wednesday. To say they are a blessing would be an understatement. They provided immediate relief,…

  Michael Watson PhD

  December 5, 2025

  Advent and Christmas, denial, family, First Nations, gratitude, Landscape, native american, Nature, Other Subjects, Stories, Winter

  Advent, Christmas, deer, faith, gnocide, hope, Jesus, Native American, nature, stories, Winter