I hope your winter holidays were filled with warmth and joy. We are in the midst of a cloudy, chill early January morning. We are promised rain later, each drop putting further distance between us and the long summer drought. We are in the gap between Christmas and Epiphany, having passed the Western New Year … Continue reading New Year’s Musings
"Now Christmas is past, Twelfth Night is the last, To the Old Year adieu, Great joy to the new!" — Traditional Carol This morning dawned bright and cold, - 19 F cold. Lots of evaporative fog over the lake. Major thaw coming later this week? This morning Jennie left to work in Africa for two … Continue reading Christmas Tree: World Tree
A snowy, blustery, frigid , monochrome day! Today is Epiphany: Little Christmas. This day in the Christian liturgical calendar honors the arrival of the Wise Men at the stable in Bethlehem. They had been following a star for months and were far from home. We say they were wise because, even though they were tired, they … Continue reading Epiphany: Little Christmas
A cloudy morning with a flurry passing by now and then. It is seasonably cold following two storms of snow and ice. The snow lies deep across the land, promising a white Christmas. Christmas music, much of it bad, fills the airwaves. More snow tomorrow; snow on Christmas Day is a meteorological rarity here even … Continue reading Christmas Eve
Dreaming the World 