Winter Weather

24 Dec, 2021

Happy Holidays

Nancy Admin2021-12-24T06:00:00-08:00Categories: Christmas, Holidays, Solstice, Winter Weather|Tags: holiday greetings, rest|

Be safe and joyful this winter season. May you know gratitude and kindness in abundance. I'm in need of a long winter's nap. See you in January!

18 Dec, 2020

Meditation on an Advent Wreath

Nancy Admin2020-12-18T06:00:00-08:00Categories: Advent, Christmas, Current Events, Holidays, home, Hope, Imagination, Joy, Light, Musings, Reality, Spirituality, Winter, Winter Weather|Tags: Advent, Advent wreath, Christmas, Solstice, Winter|

Greetings! This week I've updated a Christmas post from a few years past. It seems more meaningful than ever right now. Long ago, in the pagan cultures of the far [...]

11 Dec, 2020

Read-Aloud Picture Books

Nancy Admin2020-12-11T06:00:00-08:00Categories: Book Reviews, Books, Children, Christmas, Creativity, Current Events, Families, Holidays, home, Imagination, Parenting, Winter, Winter Weather, Writing|Tags: A Visit from Saint Nicholas, Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley, books, Catherine cowan, Children Just Like Me, Cooper Edens, Craig Hatkoff, Daniel Lane, Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Isabella Hatkoff, Janell Cannon, Mark Buehner, My Life with the Wave, Octavio Paz, Owen and Mzee, Peter Greste, Santa Cows, Stellaluna, UNICEF|

Last week I listed a few of my favorite books for cold weather reading and gifting. This week, allow me to tell you about a few of my favorite read-aloud picture [...]

4 Dec, 2020

Celebrating Books

Nancy Admin2020-12-04T06:00:00-08:00Categories: Book Reviews, Books, Christmas, Current Events, Holidays, home, Imagination, Literature, Musings, Sheltering-in-Place, Winter, Winter Weather|Tags: Barbara Kingsolver, books, George Saunders, Margaret Atwood, Michelle Obama, Ursula LeGuin|

I’ve heard it said that Russian novels are so long because Russian winters are so cold! What better way to spend time inside than reading a book? In Iceland I hear [...]

20 Dec, 2018

Meditation on an Advent Wreath

Nancy Admin2018-12-20T14:00:26-08:00Categories: Christmas, Holidays, home, Musings, Winter, Winter Weather|Tags: Christmas, HoHoHo, Solstice, Winter|

Written with my Tuesday group with the prompt: traditions that become oppressive! Long ago, in the pagan cultures of the far north, work and travel were severely limited by cold [...]