A Pinch of Joy

Big snowstorms moving across the country. We lucked out with a snowfall measured in inches. Family who live in the eastern part of the state are measuring depths in feet!! Sister Vee sent a picture of her curbside mail box, just barely sticking out of the deep snow. Entire counties are closed and temperatures are […]

Cold weather has arrived with the New Year.  The last couple of days have been very foggy, which is  unusual here.  Every tree has been covered with delicate tiny stalactites of white ice, creating a fanatastical fairyland. Beautiful to behold as I stand in the window, a cup of hot chocolate in hand.  May you […]

I read recently that there are 29 different holidays celebrated around the world in the last week of November to the first week in January. Which says that the dreariest time of year needs light, music, good cheer and good food to get us through! Whatever or however you are celebrating — Happy Holidays! Merry […]

Finished my Christmas shopping for Bytes and Wheels on Friday afternoon.  It may or may not be a time saving coincidence that their gifts are similar and from the same store!    We are looking forward to seeing family,  sharing  good eats and lots of laughter next weekend.  That is always a good thing, holiday […]

We drove around town one evening this week to see the Christmas lights.   One neighborhood united to provide an eight minute animated light show set to music.  Cars park along the rather narrow street for three weeks each year, radios tuned to the same wave length to catch the music – Charlie Brown, Mannheim, classic […]