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Christmas 2015
A Chanticleer Christmas November 28 – December 23, 2015 A Chanticleer Christmas is Chanticleer’s beloved offering, a favorite with audiences and critics alike. The warmth and profundity of A Chanticleer Christmas are revealed in a telling of the Christmas story … Continue reading
Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving Day! Here’s a card I made for my parents one Thanksgiving when I was a child. I found it among my mother’s things after she died.
I love listening to NPR radio in the mornings. This morning there was a segment by Michael Ellis that I really liked, so much so that I decided to share it here: To Mock the Darkness By Michael Ellis Halloween … Continue reading
I have found that often I feel better with an afternoon nap. To justify my fondness for napping, I then came across this piece that I’d like to share: Unleash the Power of the Nap (From http:/www.artofmanliness.com/2011/02/07/unleash-the-power-of-the-nap/) Your Cat Knows … Continue reading
It is hard to believe that it is now the year 2015. All I can say is WOW. …And that it’s good to still be here, of course! I brought in the new year recovering from a tooth extraction; my … Continue reading
What is Christmas without family photos?
And what a busy time of year it is! I have finished my custom Christmas card for 2014 – and created a page here showing all of my cards for the six years now that I’ve been doing this. See … Continue reading
Good friends and family, lots of good food – and lots to be thankful for!
There are many different theories to explain Halloween‘s beginnings. The most commonly-held belief is that it began as the ancient pagan festival, Samhain. And I believe there is probably some truth to that. Many Catholics claim the holiday evolved from … Continue reading
These last couple of months I have been so ridiculously busy that I have barely had time to keep this up! This post may be dated the first of October, but I am actually doing it on the 11th. Oh … Continue reading
August was originally named Sextili in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC. In 8 BC it was renamed in honor of Augustus [from Wikipedia]. It’s kind of amazing … Continue reading
The month of July, it seems, got its name from Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. And this same Julius Caesar also created the Julian Calendar back in 46 BC. Most of us here in the USA, … Continue reading
Here are my Goals & Resolutions – may 2014 be a wonderful year!
…and we all had a very nice time!
And here is this year’s Christmas Card: This will make five years in a row that I have made cards; you can see them all here.
MY CHRISTMAS WISH LIST Dear Santa, Here is my Christmas Wish List. I have decided that this year I have some things to ask for (and I’ve been a pretty good girl): 1. The thing I want most this Christmas … Continue reading
Thanksgiving at Tim and Ana’s house has become our tradition. We haven’t been real big on tradition in our family, but even the little things count. I’ve recently had the idea to collect family recipes; I want to put together … Continue reading
And Dalton carved the pumpkin this year – he did a very good job!
An interesting thing took place shortly before Christmas: I had driven to our storage unit, where some of my things had been moved from out of the garage at my old place. I wanted to get some of my Christmas … Continue reading
And here is a letter I wrote to distant family members; I have always admired those who managed to write annual Christmas letters, so I thought I would give it a try. But, I think perhaps it’s just not “my … Continue reading