December has, so far, been very down for me. It's hard to find the focus to do things, even things I enjoy.

Some of it is winter. Winter is always my worst season; the asthma doesn't do well in the cold, and as I get older my fingers and toes are cold and the skin gets too dry. The allergies have always been worse in winter too. And this ( Read more... )

The interwebs tell me that this is the "Micro Moon." I'm not quite sure what to make of that, except of course that it's time to read cards for people. The Winter Solstice is coming up too. Given how busy things are for everyone (including me), I'm leaving this open until December 23.

Feel free to ask about the new year if you want, since ( Read more... )

I had a whole week off for Christmas, and many plans for what to do with the time in between various obligatory family gatherings ( Read more... )

My family has always made holiday cookies--for instance, my sister Dragon made the Spritz Cookie in the icon here ( Read more... )

My sister, Dragon, lured me into shopping last Friday since she was going to Michaels, had a great coupon, and going shopping for arty stuff with her is always fun.

I looked at the pre-made wreaths, especially one in all purple, but they were too expensive. So, I thought, I bet I can get a few things to make a wreath I'd really like. I spent more ( Read more... )

My change of diet is inevitably a topic of conversation at dinner. My...what do you call your sister's mother-in-law? Anyway, she asked what happens if I eat wheat or corn, which is really TMI at the dinner table if answered in any detail, so I just said "unpleasant stomach things", when my sister Dragon added that my hair is growing back in ( Read more... )

Cookies, candies, stuffing...


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Next Tuesday is the Torn World Muse Fusion! I hope you'll all stop by and give me some prompts. And if some of my regulars here do stop by, I'll publish an extra freebie. Do you folks have any preference?

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Tuesday is also Solstice.  I had mused about marking Solstice with another reading; obviously I can't do that and Muse Fusion on the same day ( Read more... )

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