This was a fun, familiar, and cozy theme. I have actually spent Christmas in Taos before with my friend David and his family, and it was one of my all-time favorite Christmases: the pińon smoke in the crisp air, hiking in the snow, Christmas Eve service at San Geronimo church at Taos Pueblo, tamales andContinue reading “Christmas Theme: Christmas in Taos”
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2024 Christmas Theme: Enchanted Forest
I took the Angela Harding advent calendar as the centerpiece of the theme as well as my Iittala Taika dinnerware (“Taika” means magic forest in Finnish, according to the company). Think lots of owls, deer, greenery, mushrooms, gnomes…. Extra Credit to my friend Nicole for convincing me to use my raven puppet as a treeContinue reading “2024 Christmas Theme: Enchanted Forest”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 25
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”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 24
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”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 23
Before the sun was up, Violet had Clive saddled even though her cold fingers fumbled with the girth strap in the weak lantern light, and snow was blowing into her eyes even under the stable awning. It calmed a bit as the sun came up, and for the first stretch of road, the going wasn’tContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 23”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 22
It was three days before Christmas, and after Violet and Bertie and their mother came back from church, they set to decorating the house for the holiday. Bertie went out to cut some greenery while the women got up into the attic and pulled down the special things. They already had the Advent candles setContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 22”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 21
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”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 20
After the conversation with Melinda, Armand decided to include the village perimeter in his nightly hunting rounds. If the foxes tried something, he at least hoped he could rouse the farm animals to alert the people in time. He hooted a deep sigh as he swooped around the sheep fold. It wasn’t that Melinda wasContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 20”
Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 19
Abigail had always liked hedgehogs, she didn’t know why. It might have been because she couldn’t eat them, due to their spiny armor, and thus was attracted to their unattainable deliciousness. But also, they were just so stinking cute: bumbling with their little beady black noses and eyes, goofy and loquacious, when they weren’t asleepContinue reading “Advent Calendar Story (Owl in Winter): Day 19”
The Rookery 