Dec 31, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
I’VE WRITTEN OF THIS before, still this holiday season there were so many requests for my Chex Party Mix (per the methodology of my mother, Posey Rigg, but with my own touches), I thought it might be helpful to post my updated recipe here. I will tell you it is...
Dec 30, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
WE HAD THE GRAND FORTUNE to be at home this Christmas, in particular since that meant Tim’s sister, Colette, and her husband, Gary, came to be with us. I adore them so this is always a joy. This time it was even more special since we’d traveled with them...
Dec 26, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
We had our coffee in the sunroom this morning, enjoying a slow, quiet start to this first day after Christmas. We’d been chatting a while, Colette and Sam and I, when I looked down to see this. A promise fulfilled. My oh my, I thought. What a lovely—and...
Dec 25, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
I had the incredible fortune to visit the Holy Land this summer, and that remarkable trip included a remarkable day in Bethlehem. Along with our guide we stood at a distance overlooking the town and the broad, rolling valley below, and she pointed out where the...
Dec 22, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
I’ve curated for us the best holiday playlist ever, and I’m not even kidding. (Actually, Spotify and I have curated for us the best playlist ever because they’ve added a whole bunch which brings the current song total to 820—oh my—and they’re...
Dec 21, 2022 | 30 Days of Joy
Have you seen Spirited? The new movie, starring Will Ferrill and Ryan Reynolds? It’s a modern take on the Scrooge story, and omg IT’S A MUSICAL. It will make you laugh; it will make you sing; it will make you dance (or at least want to). Spirited will make...
