Winter scene to ponder . . .
Winter white, winter silence, winter lovely.
Category: Creative Ideas
Winter Solstice
We are nearly at the winter solstice. Darkness yields to light. Sort of a seasonal new year for those of us in the northern hemisphere.
We light candles. We rekindle nurturing friendships. We bring light of all kinds into our hearts, our minds, our lives.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can not overcome it” (John 1:5).
Christmas Wish List
Wish list: Life excavation, compassion, friendship, depth, clear seeing.
Fast & Easy Holiday Decor
With the holidays upon us — I thought I would revisit this post from last year reminding me that there is alternative way to spend my time, resources and effort. We always have a choice.
If doing this seems like waaaaay too much time $$$ and effort, especially . . .
. . . when you’d rather be doing this –
Then maybe it’s time for something new. Try a few of these simpler, easier ways to let your house know it’s holiday time, while still giving you time to actually enjoy the season.
Easier on your time and budget.
Easier on the environment.
Use this idea on any shelf, mantle or table, with pumpkins or ornaments
How about this?
Or most simply
Decorating and set up – 5 minutes. Relaxing and enjoying – all month long.
Happy decorating!
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Thankful Giving
This year celebrate a day of giving thankfully in a way that brings life, joy and happiness to you. For you, if that means being with family or friends you enjoy being with – wonderful.
But if this means a big, meat-heavy dinner with high fat and carbs, drinking or watching endless sports on TV – or worse, being with people you don’t enjoy – then do something different. Give thanks in a way that suits you.
- Go walking in the woods – with a friend.
- If the weather is warmer where you are, pack a sandwich, have a picnic.
- Listen to music. Dance to it.
- Drink hot chocolate or make yourself a pumpkin pie smoothie.
- Light a fire in your fireplace or light candles.
- Take the money you would have spent on Thanksgiving and drop a few grocery store gift cards at your local food shelf. Do it before Thanksgiving.
- Learn more about hunger and what we can do to end it here.
- Recognize that too much of what we have was was taken from others and was never really ours. Our wealth comes down through the generations, in part from a land grab from indigenous peoples along with the unpaid labor from more than 6 million people enslaved by whites. This transfer of wealth continues today. Read about it here and here.
- Read a novel. Journal. Listen to the wind.
- Cultivate gratefulness.
- Cultivate solitude.
- Listen.
With deep gratitude – Roxanne