Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Christmases Past (and Presents)...by Sheila Claydon
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Snippits from Holidays Past and Present by Helen Henderson
Windmaster Legend by Helen Henderson |
Last month the post dealt with holiday traditions from worlds of imagination. Normally, I would continue that theme. An empty chair at the table and several other events have shifted the focus into a different path. Instead of writing, I decided to take a different approach and do a pictures from the past and the present photo
collage.
From my past, the nativity with live animals at the local church. The donkey was extremely friendly.
From the holidays now, standing in a large, grassy area next to the church in the middle of town, the nativity stands out especially at night. In the interest of full disclosure, I know the person who made the display.
Where my people are from, plans for Christmas and New Year's are usually fluid due to the capriciousness of the weather. You never knew if it was going to be clear and sub-zero temperatures, or warmer with snow drifts that a tank could drive over. Back then weather predictions were not as accurate and a blizzard could be on you almost without warning.
I hope you enjoyed this small snapshot into my life. Until next time, seasons greetings from Captain Ellspeth and Lord Dal from the world of Windmaster, and may your days be filled with magic. Helen
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Helen Henderson lives in western Tennessee with her husband. While she doesn’t have any pets in residence at the moment, she often visits a husky who have adopted her as one the pack. Find out more about her and her novels on her BWL author page.
Sunday, December 17, 2023
Christmas Memories by Janet Lane Walters #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Memories #Hershey's Kisses # Tree buying
The cover is for my latest release and there is a Christmas short story in the collection. For me Christmas is always about memories. I remember about 85 of them or maybe 84 for my then I would have turned three.
Today as I was working on making peanut blossom cookies with the Hershey's Kisses on each one, my thoughts turned to missing my husband very deeply. The reason. He always took the foil off the Kisses and for the past three years, my granddaughter who took over the chore is living around the corner now. That's one memory. But another seems so vivid. I was about eight years old and I was sent to buy the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve, My father was a steelworker and as happened frequently, the stieelworkers were on strike so money was tight. My fahter worked for a friend's store and took his pay in presents for his children.
I had five dollars. My friend went with me and with his wagon so we could bring the tree back. Now to get to the place where the VFW sold trees, we had to either cross the railroad tracks or go the long way. We managed to carry the wagon down the steps and off we walked the ten blovks to the slot whre the trees were sold.
Most of the trees had been sold but there was one my friend's uncle had held back. The tree was beautiful and between eight and nine feet tall. They did saw off the end and removed a few branches but our trip home was a horror story. The wagon was maybe four feet long and the tree hung over front and back. When we reached the house, my father and uncle came to carry the tree inside.
My father looked at me. "Couldn't you find a smaller one."
"They were ugly." I didn't know then about Charlie Brown Christmas trees. He hadn't appeared yet. With struggles they put the tree in the stand and set ii in acorner. My dad laughed. "We're only decorating the front. There aren't snough lights and decorations for the whole tree."
That's this year's Christmas memories. The tree one came about when my granddaughter felt sad because we're now using an artificial one.
May every one have great memories of Christmas and build new ones for next year.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Showers from outer space, by J.C. Kavanagh
The award-winning Twisted Climb series https://www.bookswelove.net/kavanagh-j-c/ |
A long-exposure, composite photo of multiple Geminids meteorites. (Alan Dyer/AmazingSky.co) |
J.C. Kavanagh, author of
The Twisted Climb - A Bright Darkness (Book 3)
and
The Twisted Climb - Darkness Descends (Book 2) voted BEST Young Adult Book 2018, Critters Readers Poll and Best YA Book FINALIST at The Word Guild, Canada
AND
The Twisted Climb,
voted BEST Young Adult Book 2016, P&E Readers Poll
Voted Best Local Author, Simcoe County, Ontario, 2021
Novels for teens, young adults and adults young at heart
Email: author.j.c.kavanagh@gmail.com
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Peace on Earth
Laramie Award Winning Book 2 go my American Civil War Brides series |
"I will light candles this Christmas;Candles of joy despite all sadness,
Candles of hope where despair keeps watch,
Candles of courage for fears ever present,
Candles of peace for tempest-tossed days,
Candles of grace to ease heavy burdens,
Candles of love to inspire all my living,
Candles that will burn all the year long.”
—Howard Thurman
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