Boxing Day changes . . .

 Backing Basking in happiness here. Boxing Day has long been my favourite day of the year — the work’s all done, the fridge is full of leftovers, and there are new books. Never. Never. and…

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It’s Here! Merry Christmas!

There are some holes in my It’s Christmas Now theory, my intention of embracing all the moments of preparation for the Day as part of the seasonal richness. The biggest problem would be that all…

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Let there be Light!

I’ve never been convinced about the whole Solstice thing — anytime I’ve ever heard folks rejoice because we’re supposedly moving back toward the light, I can’t help remembering January. February. Those are some really dark…

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Christmas Hooky . . . Time Out!

What a good thing I had committed myself tofinding Christmas in the moment, yesterday morning. As it turned out, not only our 8:30 ferry, but then also the 10:30 and the 12:30 were cancelled, due…

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It’s Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas, no?

EDITED TO ADD: This post was written BEFORE we learned that our ferry was cancelled due to “Adverse Weather Conditions” — i.e. high winds AND BEFORE I looked out the window to see snow coming down…

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