With the onslaught of tragic news coming at us from all sides, the insults flung during the Presidential debates, the cynicism surrounding mass consumerism and Black Friday, that really taking the time to think about the amazing things that we are fortunate to have is a way to bring back…
It is always with reluctance and a little sadness that my family and I put up the holiday decorations. We do usually leave them up through New Year’s, and maybe through the Epiphany. Which of course this year fell in the middle of last week, so it is this weekend…
“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home!” – Charles…
“Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,” -The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Happy Halloween!!
I love Christmas. Not just the day itself, but the full holiday season. There’s just something a little magical about the twinkling lights, the garland wrapping around doorways and staircase railings, music, traditions, family and cooking. Even the cooking becomes an event and I think those vegetables sauteing and meat…
Saturday night I ventured to the Main Street Garden (a new-to-me park I’d not yet visited) for the Dallas tree lighting event. How fun! I’m glad I found out about it and made the trek on the rail downtown for it. And the park was beautiful, not to mention that…