“Drink your coffee, read your books – it’s chaos out there. ” Anonymous

Happy almost Christmas, dear friends! I didn’t mean to keep away for so long but, as you all know, December has a pace and will of its own. So far it’s been a fun month over here, filled with things to do, people to see, pets to care for. School concerts, recitals, bake sales, ballet performances (my daughter’s, not my own, haha), and a few precious moments of quiet contentment in between, have made it nearly impossible to touch the keyboards at a leisurely pace. 

December light in our living room last week, before we decked the halls…