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This year, under sunny if chilly blue December skies, I probably will be alone. At first I was ecstatic, feeling I’d conquered the longing to slip into a Currier & Ives Christmas scene. Then I ate too many See’s candies and slid backward into “Why will I be alone?” more »

I live in a part of the country that has a large Moravian population. Moravians celebrate the season of Advent, putting up large, beautiful lighted white stars, and making wreaths which sit on a table or hang horizontally, with four candles on them to represent the four Sundays before Christmas. It’s a gentle introduction to the holiday season more »

Here is a reminder of how everything we do has an extended effect. If it is so dramatic with plum and maple trees, how much more so with people? It gives me pause to realize that each of us has the power to change the world we live in one thought, one action, one child, one plant at a time more »

I’ve always prided myself on keeping my home neat and clutter-free. But I’ve had a recurring nightmare: I leave home for a mundane errand and never come back because I have a heart attack or stroke. I see my relatives coming into my home — and opening cabinets, drawers, closets ... At that point, I wake up in a cold sweat. more »