Christmas


She’s making a spreadsheet, checkin’ it twice (& it’s a White Christmas on the South Shore!)

She’s making a spreadsheet, checkin’ it twice (& it’s a White Christmas on the South Shore!)

Planning and spreadsheets meets the magic of a snowy Christmas on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.

How to recover the story telling

How to recover the story telling

I have so many thoughts swirling these days on my writing. What it has become, and how it’s changed. I don't know how to recover what is lost. Here’s what I do know. I want to tell the story of my life. And I have more than my words to tell that story. Another thing I know. I want to tell that story here, on my blog. Not on Instagram. Not on Facebook.

Tree Day & Getting Ready for Christmas

Tree Day & Getting Ready for Christmas

The timing of holiday preparations are not a tradition for us. What we do and when we do it and how much of it we do really depends on the year and where we're having Christmas. But now that live in this home are there definitely tree traditions to uphold.

Friday night Christmas market in Mahone Bay

Friday night Christmas market in Mahone Bay

I invited Mom for a Friday night date to Mahone Bay and we visited all the “where things were happening” as listed on the pamphlet. Our favorite of these was the market at St James Anglican Church Parish Hall.

As I enter 2024

As I enter 2024

New Year 2024 reflections: This time will end. Appreciate its gifts. One day these days will be cherished memories.

The thrill of hope, a weary world rejoices

The thrill of hope, a weary world rejoices

I've committed myself to carrying hope right now. I have faith in possibilities not yet experienced. Possibilities so unlikely, they might as well be supernatural.

Working my way to hope for the New Year

Working my way to hope for the New Year

There has been a lot of loss and pain this year that I have not published. My life and writing is multifaceted and I was focusing on other things. And it was a very good year in so many respects. As the year came to a close, I wrote a list of highlights and accomplishments in my personal journal and there was so much to appreciate and be thankful for.