The Christmas Magic by Lauren Thompson is a simple story of Santa Claus who lives alone in the woods. As the Christmas holiday approaches he can feel the magic and opens his workshop and prepares a bag of toys for the children listed in his book. He polishes the sleigh and the bells and gets […]
Bear Update: When last we left the little bear in a previous post, it was rather scary looking. Parts scattered all over the place. I’d managed to make a back, front, two arms, and two legs. However, I couldn’t find my buttons for joints or my needle. So, things got put away. Finally, I managed […]
Tonight we watched the Muppet Christmas Carol. I love that film and the music. Believe it or not, it’s closer to the original story than many of the serious versions (of which I own about 6). We read the book (A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) a few years back and were surprised to find […]
It started snowing last night. We made it home from a WSFA meeting. Of course the usual 45 minute ride took slightly over 2 hours and had its moments of sliding and slipping but nothing too bad. We did meet a nice woman who couldn’t get her car up the hill because she didn’t have […]
This is going to be a political and social rant, so those not interested can move along. Okay, at first the Medical Bill submitted to Congress was not great, but it was a start. Over the months of discussion in the House and Senate, our Congress critters have managed to strip the bill of any […]
Jane Austen was born on December 16th, 1775 and died in 1817. She was 41 when she died. During her life she wrote several novels that live in the hearts of her many readers. The novels (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibilities, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park, and Lady Susan) have been in print almost […]
The Lost is composed of four novellas, one from each of the authors listed on the cover. Each of the stories deals with loss in one way or another — literal loss of a body, loss of self, a loved one, direction, family, connections. While loss in our own lives might not have so happy […]
November and start of December have seemed to pass in a haze at times. Hyperion and I have both had swine flu. However, we both had lots of commitments — things that just can’t be pushed off. Some days it seemed like pushing that boulder up a mountain just to do it over and over […]