First and foremost, a very happy 10th birthday to my niece! Hard to believe she's 10, geez ( Read more... )

This evening my church had a Longest Night service, a service for remembrance and to acknowledge that sometimes it's hard to be happy and upbeat at the holidays. The blessing at the end was so lovely that I wanted to post it for others who might need these words. It's a lightly modified version of a poem of the same name by Jan Richardson (the ( Read more... )

Two things in the church bulletin yesterday made me laugh ( Read more... )

Yesterday I was received into the Episcopal Church and became a member of the church where I've been attending for about a year and a half. :-) It was a lovely event, complete with the local bishop blessing each of us who were being confirmed or received, and then there was cake. I'm a definite fan of cake ( Read more... )

I have had serious trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year, though I have done the requisite fudge-making, cookie-baking, and gift-wrapping necessary for parties and such. I haven't even hung my Christmas lights, and I love my Christmas lights. It's just too much work and I'm tired despite upping my thyroid meds a bit (to be fair, the ( Read more... )