I couldn’t stand the thought of the old year passing without a bit of reflection.
After the horrors of 2006, that year closed on a hopeful note, and this year began with confirmation of that hope: Our son’s move back to his home state. We’ve seen him off and on throughout the year, but [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Not Quite So Humbug ;-)
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Bah. Humbug. :-(
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Permit me a bit of grumbling here. Just — be here for me, OK?
I’m upset. A friend of mine knows someone who has apparently fallen on hard times, and is asking people to buy a holiday product from this person. So far so good. It’s just — I have the sense [...]
One More T’ing…
Posted in Orthodox Christianity, Uncategorized on December 4, 2007 | 4 Comments »
…as Columbo used to say.
This past Sunday, our Hierarch, Metropolitan Methodios, came to visit our parish. (Which is its own story: He called our priest on Monday and said, “Oh, by the way, I have an opening in my calendar for this Sunday, and I’d like to come visit.” Gulp.) Anyway, [...]
Making Your Home a Haven 2
Posted in domestic domovaya on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Since I was out of the house at 9:30 today and didn’t get home till 4:30, there wasn’t too much I was able to do on this front. Today’s effort was getting the breakfast dishes done before I left the house, and making the beds. This is more of a triumph than ordinary [...]
Making Your Home a Haven
Posted in domestic domovaya on December 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
OK, I have to confess that I don’t know how many of my readers this will actually apply to, but the idea, which I got from Emma’s blog, seems to be to come up with one or more things you can do every day to make your home a haven for yourself and your family, [...]
