Wintering

The dog and I are wintering. Well, I am, the dog is being a dick but more on that another day. I am embracing the season and have slipped from the winter festivities into the warming embrace of hibernation. My health, always declining in the darker days like some Victorian invalid, requires this time of…

30 Days of Giving, Day 30

Phew, we made it. Thank you for sharing the darkest days with me, I hope the posts weren't too annoying and bought you a little light. Now is the time for us all to rest. I know we have the madness of the holidays upon us, but I promise you no one will die if…

Bright Blessings

a small gift, tied with a red ribbon being held on outstretched hands

Oh, my days, I am so excited! It’s begun! It started yesterday! Oh, I can’t tell you how excited I am! (I know that’s a lot of exclamation marks, but this is exciting!!!!!!!!!) I look forward to this every year. Planning as the summer ends, by now I have reached a fever pitch of giddiness.…

Resting in the darkness.

I am writing this sat in the early morning dark, my favourite time to write. The room is lit by just the Christmas tree lights and the ghostly glow of the laptop turned down low. Today is the Solstice, the turning of the year when the reign of darkness is at its peak before the…