Nov 24, 2020 | 30 Days of Joy
WE HAVE NOT YET BEGUN to decorate for Christmas, and I feel in the minority this year. Still there is no judgement! I stand in full support of every person who has strung a light or trimmed a tree or outlined a roof or shrubbery hedge; this is a year for joy (!) in...
Nov 23, 2020 | 30 Days of Joy
Way back in 2011, way way back when the world was normal and social distancing wasn’t a thing and when we sat here in the days before Thanksgiving with the holiday season spreading before us like one long glittering beautiful perfect party, I launched a series...
Dec 26, 2017 | 30 Days of Joy, thirty-days projects
I woke up this December 26th thinking about the aftermath. The piles of boxes and torn wrapping paper. The dirty dishes. The no-holes-barred celebratory calories quite literally encircling my waist. Even my heart felt heavy, the realization coming fast: Today my girl...
Dec 24, 2017 | 30 Days of Joy, thirty-days projects
FIRST COLLEEN ARRIVED, our sweet New York friend here to spend the holidays with us. Then we dashed through the soft rain to Lisa and Joe’s for some merriment and a house so beautifully decked the Biltmore would stand in awe. I mean, this is their tree. It was a...
Dec 14, 2017 | 30 Days of Joy, thirty-days projects
It is one of the great joys of my life to sing in the choir at Providence Presbyterian Church. But this year, due to an out of town wedding, I won’t be here for our annual Christmas music program. Tonight I went to rehearsal anyway. But instead of sitting in the...
