Unless you're a true and bona fide Procrastinator, by now
you should at least have most of your gifts, if not wrapped and or mailed, at
least ready to wrap and or mail. And, at this late date, the books had better
not go Media Mail if you expect them to arrive by this Gift Day.
Some of my friends celebrate the Solstice, which falls on
the 21st of December this year. (A couple thousand years ago, in the
Mediterranean region, the Winter Solstice fell on the 25th.) Some of my friends
celebrate on the 25th, some started early with Hannukah, and some will wait
until Kwaanza. It looks like my family will do gifts on or about the 28th, as
at least one of them has to work.
My celebration will start this Friday when Favorite Grandson
comes to town. He'll be at his mom's for a couple of days and then over here
with me until he's ready to go home, sometime after the 1st.
Alas, this blog will probably be somewhat sporadic for a
while. I will get back to writing, on a more or less full-time basis as soon as
Favorite Grandson goes home. I will be doing some research for a couple of
novels, but writing a series of short stories, which I hope to sell, and
eventually put together in a collection. My protagonist is an old fartess,
called Granny Hitt. The 'Granny' part came when she became a grandmother, the
Hitt came earlier, when she married Ruben Hitt. Alas, Ruben is now deceased,
and Granny is bored, and she hires on as a 'hit man' for the Mafia. But she has
scruples. Sometimes.
I also want to work on some quilting projects. Mostly 'small
quilts' — no more bed quilts. I've run out of places to store them ;-) Well,
there might be a couple that I've already bought the pattern and material for.
I'm eager to try my hand at smaller, more artsy fartsy quilts.
Speaking of small quilts, this is my latest. It is a bed
scarf for my SOC n BOC (sister/brother of choice). This is just the top, and
when quilted, edged, and complete, it will be about 118" long and maybe
27" wide to go over the foot of their king-sized bed.
I hope you have the Happiest of
Holidays ever. Whatever holiday you celebrate and observe, whatever day you
exchange gifts, may they be given with hugs, filled with love, surrounded by
peace, and may joy fill your new year!
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