Not Quite Done With the Holidays. . . .
First post of 2020 — Hello! Happy New Year! Really, though, if I tell you that we’ve put away the tree and the lights, but the Christmas crèche is still on the dresser in the…
View PostFirst post of 2020 — Hello! Happy New Year! Really, though, if I tell you that we’ve put away the tree and the lights, but the Christmas crèche is still on the dresser in the…
View PostI still have so much to share with you about my trip to Paris and Rome, but I bet you’re too busy to spend much time here, and I’m conserving any energy that emerges between…
View PostJust popping in quickly to say that Christmas was lovely but very busy — Christmas Eve with over 40 of my nearest and dearest (my siblings, their partners, the next generation and the one after…
View PostWhen I was growing up, my family always opened our gifts on Christmas Eve, after dinner and bathtime and admonition to stay upstairs until Santa Claus had made his early stop and was jingling a…
View PostChristmas shopping is all done — and almost all of it done in independent bookstores, wonderful places to hang out, even in these busy days. . . Today I’m going to wrap gifts and put…
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