The kids and I were out and about yesterday. One kid flew in from the west coast, we picked the other up at school. We had some lunch. We headed to the mall. Saints preserve us. There's precious little that will deplete you of the holiday spirit faster than a trip to the mall on Dec …
Christmas
Ho Ho NO.
"I do know that I don't want to be ruled by ravenous anymore, and that full life is not the same as a full calendar. Full life is lived when the whole system works together, when rest and home and peace live hand in hand with taste and sparkle and go. I’ve believed in the craziness for too many …
Gone Away is the Blue Bird
It's coming on Christmas, They're cutting down trees. They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace, Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on. Joni Mitchell Almost two years ago, on December 21, 2012, my younger sister and I were Christmas shopping. You can imagine, given …