In these darkest days of the year, as the holiday hubbub subsides, there is nothing like the comfort of curling up with a great book. I’m happy to share a few favorites here, a mix of new issues and old friends.Here’s to the solstice, the return of the light!
On this day in 1966, the original Grinch animation was aired for the first time – the good one, the real one, the one with Boris Karloff. There is Cindy Lou Who, who is no more than two. There is Max with the reindeer horn tied on his head, sliding down Mount Crumpit. There is […]
Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns… Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees. – EF Schumacher On this solstice day, let’s give thanks […]
For many of us, these past few days have brought a little sip of fresh air. Inbound emails finally started to slow, vaccine trucks rolled out from their manufacturing sites, and those in the eastern US had a challenging but glorious dumping of snow. As we tilt into the new week, the wee hours of […]
My! People come and go so quickly here! – Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz The solstice is approaching this week, when the Northern hemisphere earth tips back towards the light. It’s a time of betwixt and between – we’re ending one season, and one calendar year, and there’s often a big fuss […]