• Deck the Halls!

    As I was surfing Tonic Living this morning, I found these fabulous holiday fabrics.  Next year, I think we’ll slipcover everything! Green for the living room, and turquoise for the den.  Jingle all the way!  

  • Stolen from Frankels’ Costume Blog, and It’s Making Me Seriously Rethink Mrs. Claus.

    With thanks to author Ivy Davila Mrs. Claus: From Dutiful Wife to Spunky Modern Sidekick Although our modern Santa Claus had a long evolution from the 3rd century bishop, Saint Nicolas, to the secular, jolly old elf of the 21st century, Mrs. Santa Claus seems to have sprung to life unexpectedly. Not based on myth or tradition, …

  • ‘Tis the Season

    The holiday season has arrived in Glenbrook Valley.  Neighbors scurry about, hanging lights from the eaves and trees and anything else they can find. In the Northeast quadrant, there’s a singing Santa on Santa Elena across from a sago palm turned Christmas tree decked with with glossy metallic balls.  Further down the street are a Blow Mold …

  • A Moment of Thanks

    A friend, whom I respect a great deal, recently told me writes down five things for which she is thankful at the end of each day.  Once again, she has given me something to think about, especially in this season of Thanksgiving. My parents always believed Thanksgiving was a time when, true to “over the …