Today is the Feast of the Epiphany which marks the end of the Christmas season for the Church. I leave the nativity scene up on the mantel until then. So down it comes tomorrow. Bruce even asked if I wanted to leave it up permanently. I thought about it for five [...]
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New Year
Posted in Christmas, home on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
March of the Gingerbread Men
Posted in Christmas, food, pets on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I like gingerbread cookies. Like the cream cheese cookies, I usually only bake them once a year. Why I wonder? There is no admonition that says you can’t fix them anytime. But they are really tasty in the winter, especially with hot tea or coffee.
Yesterday I got out all the ingredients and [...]
Oh Cookie!
Posted in Christmas, Family, food on December 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I vacillated for over two weeks about baking Christmas cookies this year. On one hand, they are part of the tradition here; on the other, none of us needs the extra calories. So, yesterday I broke down and stirred up a double batch of Kathy’s Semi-Famous Cream Cheese Cookies. It is actually [...]
Advent and Christmas
Posted in Christmas on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bruce has a fire going in our newly cleaned and inspected fireplace. A couple of weeks ago we had a chimney sweep come out — the first time in ‘lo all these many years. People have chided me for burning pine. “It will clog up your chimney and start a [...]
