Month: December 2024
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Will Santa Come to My House?
“The joy of brightening other lives becomes the magic of Christmas.” – W.C. Jones Repost a Christmas Story from 2006 or so. But this actual story was twenty years ago. In our village lives another…
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Christmas Colors
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie The Christmas lights in our village float across the main street, along with the church’s facade and around the baker’s window. The…
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I Wanted 1 Nice Photo
Taking a family photo is the one time a person can bribe, threaten, or pull the mom card on them into standing still, smiling, and not goofing off for at least one moment. But… … at least I didn’t have to bribe,…
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The Story Teller and the Story Told
“Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their…
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Sacredness of Christmas
Life’s currents moving through stone guiding us back home. There are moments in an ordinary day that enter the heart, changing us with each beat. There are moments that we cannot explain; we only feel. There are moments when everything…
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What Color is Your Wool?
More than an agricultural method, transhumance is a cultural tradition that reflects the pastoral heritage of the Provencal way of life. Walking in the countryside, up the road to Saint Baume, I heard them before I saw them. They came…