One of the fun things about Northwest Arkansas as opposed to where I grew up in the Midwest is that winters tend to be shorter and much less severe. It's not uncommon for no serious snow to even fall in a given year. And yet we do have four seasons, which I appreciate. Maybe if I lived further south with perpetually warm weather I'd decide the ( Read more... )

A Merry Christmas to any Livejournal friends who still follow this blog!

The other day I had a volunteer at the library offhand mention as she was signing in that the 12 days of Christmas must be starting since we're about 12 days away. It hit me that that wasn't quite right so (after a discreet Google to make sure I remembered correctly) I noted that the 12 days of Christmas actually start on Christmas, lasting until ( Read more... )

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Belated Advent Greetings to you all ( Read more... )