Merry Christmas!

It's turning out to be quite the nice holiday season, despite a lingering cough/cold that won't give up! 

Tons of snow arrived just in time for a white Christmas (and of course perhaps some snow-shoeing over the holidays!), there's been lots of food, lots of time with friends and family, lots of last minute shopping and to-ing and fro-ing.  

It's been nice to sit back and relax, enjoy some libations and great food with family and friends.  But most of all, the holidays are a reminder to reconnect and spend time with those we love.  And that, we've been doing and will continue to do lots of! 

So from our home to yours, wishing you a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays and hoping you too have the opportunity to spend lots of time with friends and family! 

rest little angels

They were between the ages of 5 and 10.  They had barely spent time in this world before they were savagely taken from it.  They were babies.

Yesterday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut was a tragedy beyond words.  20 children and 7 adults murdered.  I see comments like "how horrible, especially right before Christmas".   The timing doesn't matter; what does matter is what we do about it.

December 21st is around the corner; it is the supposed "end of the world" according to those who like a bit of drama.  A notion that I like much better is that it is the end of this world and there is a transformation on the horizon to a world that is more humanistic and more connected, one where we all have greater awareness and respect for each other.

I can't help but wonder if yesterday's events were a catalyst towards that transformation.   I can only hope.  This cannot happen again, the question is, what will we all do differently today and tomorrow and the day after as a result?