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    • looking back : : twenty-two in superlatives

      looking back : : twenty-two in superlatives

      I’ve been posting my year in superlatives since I started my blog a few years ago. Regulars here will recognize many or most of these ‘bests’ (and just a couple of ‘worsts’…) Compiling this list over the course of the week, I vow to take better notes next year! I’m surely forgetting something great (or […]

      December 30, 2022
    • one word check-in {december twenty-two}

      Coming to the One Word party? Join the link-up here! As soon as I sat down to write this post, I heard The Von Trapp Family singing: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieuAdieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu That’s one of my favorite scenes in the movie. Little Gretl! That staircase! Anyway. I […]

      December 26, 2022
    • engaging…lately {52}

      engaging…lately {52}

      After 26 hours, 3 airlines (Southwest, Frontier, United), reschedules (Chicago, Buffalo, Pittsburgh), cancellations (Chicago, Buffalo), and, eventually, 5+ hours’ on the tarmac in Denver–they’re here! (Their luggage isn’t–but they are. And that’s all that matters!) They held incredibly steady and remained good-humored throughout; parents (all) held our collective breath ’til the kids texted off the […]

      December 23, 2022
    • happy solstice!

      happy solstice!

      Night before last I had a text thread going with my brother that had me laughing so hard I was still laughing as I went to sleep. (Whenever that happens — a really good laugh — I think to myself, More of that! More of that kind of laughing.) First thing next morning? I had […]

      December 21, 2022
    • engaging…lately {51}

      engaging…lately {51}

      All is calm, all is bright — believe it or not! Typically, I wouldn’t think calm. Not this close to holidays. (Here we are: week-ending no. 51, after all.) And, sure, there’ll be last-minute business of Christmas. (There always is.) (No matter how far in advance we prepare.) And I’ll aim to be buttoned up […]

      December 17, 2022
    • giving to the person who has everything…or wants nothing. {a holiday installment}

      giving to the person who has everything…or wants nothing. {a holiday installment}

      My grandpas got a lot of Hickory Farms over the course of my childhood. Summer sausage. Cheese product. A tiny jar of mustard. Fancy mustard. And we always gave a big tin of this: My own dad is a vegetarian, so no Hickory Farms. And though he loves pecan turtles now and again, I don’t […]

      December 13, 2022
    • engaging…lately {50}

      engaging…lately {50}

      WordPress got me hot for a minute. Depending on how you land at my site…and depending on your device, you may or may not notice a difference. There is one, though. And I haven’t caught up to it yet. I’ve been needing and wanting…wanting and needing…to rework my website a bit. Historically, I’ve made my […]

      December 11, 2022
    • books to give or receive or both! {a holiday installment}

      books to give or receive or both! {a holiday installment}

      I’m excited to share a small stack of favorites I’ve piled the last couple months. Each one would make a delightful gift to give–or receive! Or…both There are 15 books here (10 non-fiction adult; 2 chapter book series; 3 picture books (my favorites). So let’s get to it! Full disclosure: I’ve read several but not […]

      December 8, 2022
    • advent’ish {a holiday installment}

      advent’ish {a holiday installment}

      Without making this a faith conversation, I will say, As a Unitarian Universalist, I celebrate the spirit of Christmastime. And in that spirit I celebrate little-a advent. There is *a* waiting. A preparation. An anticipation. Just not The waiting. The preparation. The anticipation. In its own rite, little-a advent offers me much: Contemplation, for one. […]

      December 6, 2022
    • engaging lately…{49}

      engaging lately…{49}

      It’s been snowy-windy-rainy-gray-dark-and-blustery. And yet? I’m feeling the light! Thanks to this guy. He brings it… And I love his story: At Linc’s part-time job, one of his tasks is breaking down boxes and schlepping them out back for recycling. One summer night when he called for a ride, he double-checked there was room in […]

      December 3, 2022
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