Ericisms-Christmas Edition
My youngest son, Eric is six. He says really funny stuff: Mistletoe sucks. Just ask Eric. The boy gives me a gentle warning: “If you eat one of those mistletoe berries it will suck the life right outa...
View ArticleEveryone Likes Cookies
Just eat the cookie. Ana Pascal is right: everybody loves cookies, and if you’re looking for a good way to make the world a better place, you could do a lot worse than whipping up a batch of cookies....
View ArticleMerry Christmas
Today, whatever you do, sing. There are many wonderful ways to look the birth of Christ, and the hope He brings, but I think my three favorite ways are through the eyes of a child, through a song, and...
View ArticleChristmas Trees
The real one is on the curb now. Thrown out with the carcass of a sacrificial bird and the evidence of our economic recovery, stripped of her decorations, thrown on her side cold and exposed....
View ArticleGood for Nothing
“Santa’s watching: you’d better be good.” I hate that sentence. Using the idea that the reason to be good is because you will be rewarded for your behavior destroys the purity of goodness. To motivate...
View ArticleGifts of Flowers and Music
Determination, Radiant Beauty The white amaryllis, and her red cousin, are two of the most beautiful Christmas flowers. Mythology records that Amaryllis is the heroine of a love story. She began as a...
View ArticleGush Gently
Christmas is in three days. If one believes what they see on the interwebs, most people’s homes smell of sugar cookies and look like a Hallmark card: trees (yeah-”trees”, plural. People have more than...
View ArticleA Christmas Wish
Amaryllis means “radiant beauty” in the Language of Flowers Merry Christmas, dear readers. May each of your homes be filled with music, smiles, beauty, dancing, joy, love, unexpected blessings, grace,...
View ArticleRodalena Recipes: Apple Pie
It’s quiet now. We’ve eaten our way through a ridiculous amount of sugary fattening things we attempt to avoid religiously the rest of the year, and had a marvelous feast on top of that, which included...
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