The holidays are upon us.  We are having much joy celebrating with friends and family - in person, via email, text, and phone.  I also channeled my inner Julia Child, not her brilliance and culinary skills necessarily, but her vigor and anarchy in the kitchen.  

Solstice was Saturday, and tomorrow will be four seconds longer than today.  It doesn't seem like much when one reads or says the words out loud, but soon we'll be able to note the difference in the amount of daylight.  

Since my photo printer was being extremely cranky during the printing part of the season (eliciting a few choice expletives from the office), some of you received a holiday letter along with the card, and a few received nothing.  Thus, I include this year's photograph here.  

Rug 413 with ornament

Now we carry on traditions, including watching some of our favorite holiday offerings, one of which is Joyeux Nöel, about a Christmas truce that occurred among French, German, and English troops on the Western Front during World War 1.  It warms the heart and soul like none other, reminding viewers that there can be peace among enemies, even if only for a short time.  How wonderful it would be for that to happen in these fraught times!  My wish is that you have peaceful and joyful holidays.

 Thanks to Claudia, Victoria, Geula, Jean & Sam, TTT, Paule, Marilyn G., Steve Lisa S., Catherine, Barbara F. R., Lawrence & Donna, & Carol for commenting on last week's and other blogs.

until next Monday,

DB 

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