A Farewell To Christmas

A Farewell To Christmas

Christmas Tree Ornaments. It’s perhaps my least  favorite day of the year. Outside I smell rain slicked ice and the damp NE cold. Inside I smell a that nice wood stove cozy smell. It is that sad day of the year, when Christmas, gets boxed...

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Declaring Christmas Peace

Declaring Christmas Peace

Finland, where my husband is from, has an unbroken tradition that goes back centuries. Every Christmas Eve, peace is declared. Until then the festivities don’t really happen. First all gather by the tv to watch this all important...

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Soap Making

Soap Making

Tubs Of Soap The snow is falling, though not deep on the ground today. Outside, not only can smell the snow, but cold too has it’s own fragrance. It’s freezing cold out.  But I wouldn’t want it any other way… In fact, the...

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The Nincom Dummies

The Nincom Dummies

The path to my morning puppy play date At around 9:30 – 10 am, I head out plodding through the silence of the fresh fallen snow…. I head across my uhhh “field,” then I cross the small bit of woods that stands as a property...

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