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The strange old man in red with the belled reindeer led the ragtag party, weary and wet and bruised and smarting, deep into the north wood. Night had fallen by then, but so bright was the light shining from the crook of his staff that it chased all the shadows, and the snow sparkled likeContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 25”

If you had been in the air above the north wood outside Stane How in the last light of Christmas Eve, if you had been circling the wood on—let’s just say—a magical flying reindeer, what would have greeted your eyes would not have been a peaceful holiday tableau, with animals snuggling down for their longContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 24”

Elsie had been asleep for a couple of days at that point. This was how it often was in the winter. She never slept straight through; she would drift in and out, waking up if something happened or she got hungry and then falling into dreams again for a few days, or a week orContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 21”

“Codger!” The lurcher was at it again. This time, he was chasing a hare across the field. It zigged and zagged and then headed hard toward the north wood. Violet left the linens she was hanging on the line–it was a sunny day, and warm for the season. “Codger!” She shouted again against the wind,Continue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 18”