The sun sets early, we light the lamps and scatter candles. The trees is shimmering with reflected light, the fire crackles. There’s hot soup in bowls and fresh bread on the cutting board. Kids nestle together in front of the fire reading and laughing together. Yuletide evenings are full of good things and cozy memories….
Month: December 2018
Healing, Hot Drinks for Midwinter
We are gathering around the stove more and more often these days, for tea and coffee, and other soothing cups. We cradle our mugs in hands streaked with soot and ink, sipping drinks that comfort our hearts and hands, souls and bodies. We’re a coffee family in the mornings, or late at night, and sometimes…
End of Advent Devotions
We’re nearing the end of the O Antiphons, the nights are at their longest, and the days are all too brief. I’ve been praying the St. Andrew Novena this month, and it’s become a part of the season. I pray it when I’m driving, when I’m washing dishes, when I’m feeding the stove. I end…
Advent!
Can you believe the new year is here already! I adore Advent. It feels so fresh and new! The short, cold days that bleed into long nights, with Orion glowing so brightly above us. We slaughtered the birds for St. Andrew’s, it was frustrating. Some of them were so young, but last winter was a…
Y is For Home! 