12/31/2025, NYs Eve

Sooooo love the eves of 

all holidays, but 'specially

the last day of the year.

'Tis a time to bid adieu to

this last 365. A time for

looking back and having

a rethink.

What would I like to do

differently this time 'round?

Any thoughts? Any plans

for the new year?

Here comes pad and pencil.

Resolutions dancing in my

brain. So many to think of,

yet always coming up w/the

same three.

Must get the champagne in

the fridge. Bring in the wood;

I see a fire burning bright

this snowy eve.

Let's live! Let's enjoy!! . . .

Let's be!!!

12/30/2025

"Learning to detach from

outcomes is a lesson of

trusting in the unknown,"

~Dale Halaway

So need to heed this!

I stay awake nights, now

that I'm a hundred years

old, worrying about . . .

   -getting even older

   -climbing my stairs

   -taking care of my guy

. . . to name a few.

Why can't I just say to

myself . . . "It is what it 

is. What's going to happen

will happen. Enjoy today;

tomorrow may never come."

I know this! Why can't I

stop worrying?! Maybe

meditation by the fire

might help.

Oh God . . .

12/29/2025

"Never regret a day in life;

good days give happiness,

bad days give experience,

worst days give lessons,

best days give memories."

~Unknown

Saw this at o' dark thirty . . .

a fab reminder.

My question would be, 

"Why can't I remember

this when the s - - - hits

the fan?"

Maybe it's still all good.

Perhaps reflexion is part

of the answer. Lessons to

be learned when looking

back at our reactions.

Seems as we approach '26

more and more lessons

are crawling out of the

woodwork. 

  -Which will I learn from?

  -Which will I keep?

  -Which will I stay faithful to?

Alas, methinks I have some

pondering to do in the next

48 hours . . .

 . . . the new year is upon us!

12/28/2025

I so value and appreciate 

I've been given these last 

years to share with my 

guy at the cabin.

One of the things I am so

enjoying are the odd bits

and pieces we put together

in our old age.

A perfect example . . . 

We woke up at midnight 

and being both retired

and crazy, my guy said,

"How about a movie and

champagne?" Is it any

wonder I adore him?!

One time he woke me up

in the middle of the night

and said, "Grab your coat

and follow me." He then

proceeded to drive us to

the lake. We spent a while

just holding hands and

looking at the full moon.

Yet another . . . We were

driving down the mountain

and he suddenly slammed

on the brakes and jumped

out of the pickup. He ran

into the field and picked

about a dozen sunflowers.

Back in the pickup, he

handed them to me and

resumed driving.

I give thanks . . . the dessert

years of my life . . . My life,

my guy.

Blessed be!

12/27/202

Sooooo love waking up

to a new day each morn.

I always ask myself . . .

"Will I be good today

or bad? Will it be a good

day or a bad day?"

I always start out good,

but as the day progresses,

I usually find some way

to be bad.

'Tis a paradox for sure.

I find that being naughty,

bad, usually makes for

a good day.

Seems the closer we get

to the new year, I tend 

to get badder and badder.

Got to squeeze all the

naughty I can before

having to follow my NY

resolutions!

Let's see what I can get 

up to today!

12/26/2025

Ever and always, I'll

think of this date as

the morning of the

day after . . .

I'm a Yule gal myself

and I had to stay abed

as well. Still, many of

my fam and friends

celebrate x-mas.

I like to honor them

on their day sending

good wishes and even

cards when I can get

my act together. Alas,

didn't happen much

this year.

And, when I win the

lotto, if i ever buy a

ticket . . . Wow, will

we ever celebrate

then!!!

p.s. 

My mother always

made me write my

NYs resolutions on

this day! Hmmmm . . .

12/25/2025, X-mas Day

Looking outside . . .

no snow! 

What is it about x-mas 

that makes us think of 

snow. Must be thoughts

of Santa and reindeer.

I'll confess, for moi,

'tis Yule, but for most

of mine it's Christmas.

Sooooo, make today 

a memorable one!

Merry! Merrier!!

Merriest!!!

12/24/2025 - X-mas Eve

Yesterday is gone, praise

the universe! A day most

difficult . . .

Today, a gift, an amazing 

gift!

Looking outside, a herd

of elk. Must have been

'round 70 plus.

Some of them wandered

on up the hill. Others 

trailed up the stone path

into the yard.

Most fun . . . a ginormous

five pronged antlered elk

stood right under our front

window. He stayed there,

devouring a pumpkin at 

his ease.

I might add, this very

special pumpkin was a

gift from two of our besties.

So wish they could have

seen its demise!

So, if you celebrate tonight,

enjoy!

Blessed be . . .

12/23/2025

I feel ever so sorry for

God sometimes . . . 

Alas, methinks He gets

blamed for everything . . .

more bad than good.

I have no real concept

of who God is. My

childhood vision has

Him sitting on His

throne, up in the clouds.

Still, I believe a higher

power lives within and

I find I'm ever so grateful

for this.

Bright blessings . . .

12/22/2025

"We are mosaics...

Pieces of light, love,

history, stars...

Glued together with

magic, music and words."

~Unknown

Couldn't sleep. Don't

know why . . . maybe

'twas to read these 

incredible words.

I look at these words 

and bow at the feet of

this unknown author.

I am always moved 

when coming across

beautiful words, words

of wisdom.

I need them to be seared

in my brain. I want to

adopt them into my daily

life. 

I so wish to live them . . .

God help me!

12/21/2025 - Yule

Oh, what a day! What

a crazy, incredible day!

'Tis the third day of no

electricity, no internet,

no working phones.

Here's hoping the food

in the fridge stays good,

phone service returns,

and electricity comes

back sane and sound

from its impromptu

vacation.

 - - -

Praise be! The lights

are on!!!

Happy Yule, right?!

12/20/2025

Alas, 'tis Day 2 of no

elec, no water, no internet

no surveillance.  Scary 

business!

I'm keeping six candles

alight next to the bed

and four on the dresser.

Even they are not enough

to light up the room.

I'm having serious issues

with this no light business.

SAD is hitting me hard.

Praise the powers at be;

we're to have electricity

tomorrow afternoon.

Here's to three days of

darkness turning to light

once again.

12/19/2025

Same song, second verse!

Wind is blowing and no

electricity. Feels just a

bit scary if you ask me.

Not sure why!

Methinks 'twill be a very

interesting day. I'm going

to stick around and find

out.

Oh well, didn't have any

plans to go out anyway!

12/18/2025

Used to be March was

the windy month!

December sure took a

page out of March last

night. No electricity. I

had every candle in the

house lit.

Every now and then, I

find I must give thanks

for being retired. Ever

so glad I don't have to

go out in this windy

weather.

It can be dangerous. Be

careful out there . . .  and

have your candles at the

ready!

12/17/2025

"We are here to heal,

not harm.

We are here to love,

not hate.

We are here to create,

not destroy."

~Crone, Shaman, Sage

Food for thought . . .

R O C K S !!!

Sooooo love it when

wise words pop off the

page at me!

Now at nigh onto a 100

years old, I recognize 

wisdom when I see it;

make no mistake.

Still kind of wondering

when my own wisdom

will kick in. Any day

now would be good.

Just when I think I have

it nailed, the Universe

kicks in a reminder.

A new year's a coming.

This may be my year!

Can hardly wait . . .

12/16/2025

"Teach the grandkids

that childhood never

really ends."

~Zen to Zany

Ran into this bit of

wisdom early morn . . .

And yes, I want my

grands and greats to

know this. But really,

I sooooo needed the

reminder myself.

Can't help but wonder

why we all strive so

hard to be adults. 

Obviously, we are all

grown up, adults doing

adult things. Still, we

make a mistake not

including fun, childish 

moments as well.

   -take a walk

   -call a friend

   -share a new toy

   -dress how you like

   -laugh more; cry less

Methinks I feel a . . .

New Year's Resolution

coming on!

12/15/2025

Baby it's cold outside!"

~Idina Menzel

Yay! 'Tis supposed to

get to 61° today! 

Half of December is

gone and it's not even

winter yet! How fun to

have  a day of warmth.

We're supposed to get

three days of snow this

week so I'm going to

enjoy today any way I

can!

Porch? Margs? Blankets?

Wow! 61° . . .

12/14/2025

Sooooo can hardly wait . . .

I get to see my children

this morning. A most

wondrous antidote to

these cold winter days.

Yesterday afternoon, we 

spent a few lovely hours 

with our friends. Earlier

in the morn, an old pal

came by to spend an

hour.

My two besties spent 

Friday with me . . .

 . . . and sweet, sweet

letters and e-mails.

A pattern here?

Methinks my friends 

are conspiring to help

me through these winter

months of SAD.

What an amazing show

of solidarity, of friendship.

I find myself touched

beyond belief.

Methinks, 'tis better than

any meds for SAD!

Wow! Just W O W !!!

12/13/2025

"Winter teaches us that

not everything in life is

about growth. Sometimes

we need to embrace the

quiet moments of rest."

~Morgan Harper Nichols

I am making a serious

effort to read what I can

find about winter. I'm

trying to understand its

importance as one of the

four seasons. 

Coming to the conclusion

that I have to find a way

to deal with winter even

with SAD that it brings

to my table.

I swear I'm going to check

the attitude and strive to

understand.

Heaven help me . . .

"She let herself rest, knowing

rest is its own form of rising."

~The Queen Code

Blessed be . . .

12/12/2025

"You will get there.

Until then, be here.

This moment matters."

~ Goddess Love

I know I tend to live in

the past and the future.

Heaven forbid I should

spend some time in the

present!

I so get that living in 

the present is important.

Can't help but wonder

why I tend to bypass it

on a regular basis.

Maybe it's the new year

coming up that has me

thinking about these 

things. Have to choose

my new resolutions after

all.

Take a clue woman! The

now is all we really have!

Are you listening, ld?

12/11/2025

There are days in

dealing with SAD,

Seasonal Affective

Disorder, in which I

just want to stay abed

or preferably die!

Just when I think I can

no longer carry on, a

friend stops by. Maybe

an unexpected package

comes in the mail or a

short trip to pizza occurs.

It doesn't matter the

actual incentive, but I

find myself ever so

grateful for those odd

nudges from Mother

Earth that push me to 

carry on.

"Lord willing and the 

Devil doesn't intervene" 

as my friend David used 

to say, I'll make it through 

one more winter . . .

 . . . and I see it's still ten

days before the season

even begins!

Yikes!

12/10/2025

Pondering ahoy . . .

 . . . gift of a sleepless

night!

I recall as a wee child

thinking this shiny, 

somewhat escued 

figure a seat high in 

the clouds, watching 

over us, was this God 

the adults were often 

talking about!

I also remember the

nightly. now I lay me 

down to sleep ritual.

As an elder woman, 

I get that everyone

and each religion has 

their own personal

vision and/or version

of God. Perhaps, 'tis

possible the church

makes an effort to 

give us a picture.

In my dotage, I have

given up imaginings

of who, what, where

God just might be.

For now, I hold the

deity in my heart with

no need to color in the

details of my possible

imginations.

Blessed be . . .

12/09/2025

Vaya . . .

Últimamente, he estado

recordando, extrañando

a mi bello México y 

mis amadas amistades.

Creo que Diosito me 

dio bellos sueños anoche 

por lo mismo.

Soñé primeramente a 

mis hijos jugando en la 

casa en Monterrey. Mi 

hijo ha de haber tenido 

tres años y mi nenita 

estaba en su andador. 

Bellos los dos!

Me desperté por un rato,

pero al volver a dormir, 

me encontré en Monte-

morelos. Estaba en la 

casa de Doña Cristina 

y su esposo Don Pepe. 

Cuando menos, abrasé 

a Doña Cristina antes de

despertarme de nuevo.

En mi tercer sueño, mi

comadre Francis estaba

visitándome aquí en 

EEUU. Cómo quisiera

que esto hubiese sido

realidad. La extraño 

tanto.

Me desperté llorando. 

Mis sentimientos 

derramándome con 

memorias inolvidables.

Lentamente, me estoy 

calmando, pero los

recuerdos de mis sueños

quedan.

Ojalá pudiera abrazar

una vez más a mis queridos.

12/08/2025

Vocab ahoy . . .

Been pondering this 

whole vocab thing.

I read a book last night 

that used the terms . . .

black magick and white 

magick. Fun book, by 

the way.

Got me to thinking . . . 

rather wish the author 

would have used the 

terms dark and light 

rather than black and 

white.

May just be me, but I 

tend to think black and 

white are associated 

with people. I for one 

tend to think black is

beautiful.

I have black friends I 

love with all my heart! 

I wear naught but black. 

So enjoy black foods; 

black beans, huitlacoche, 

black tacos and chips.

Bears repeating . . . 

Black is beautiful!

12/07/2025

Live in each season 

   as it passes;

breathe the air,

drink the drink,

taste the fruit,

and resign yourself

to the influence of 

   the earth.

~Henry David Thoreau

Fab advice from a fab

poet!

I would do well to listen

up. And, there are things

I enjoy about winter. The

days seem quieter, though

that may be an illusion.

The snow is beautiful 'til

marred. I love the Yule

and x-mas cards coming

in.

Making an effott here to

readjust my feelings re

winter . . .

"Lord willing and the Devil

doesn't intervene." as my

childhood friend used to 

say . . .

12/06/2025

We're enduring a . . .

. . . veritable heat wave 

here in Kingdom Come.

Up to 38° presently. Go

figure, twas only 4° two

days ago.

Methinks I see a sun

bathing coming up . . .

12/05/2025

After our 4° yesterday,

18° feels rather like a

heat waver!

Let's see, go on a spree

of some kind? Visit the

neighbors? Take in a

movie?

Nah, methinks sitting 

by the fire with a hot

drink sounds better.

But, I'm oh so warm

and cozy right here in

my bed . . .

Might just need to have

my mom come and

roust me out and put 

me to doing my chores!

Yikes!

12/04/2025

Alas, 'tis four degrees,

6" to 8" of snow. Cars 

a slip and slide outside.

I'm feeling scared; not

sure why. Winter isn't

supposed to start 'til 

the 21st. 

Yikes!

My guy wakes up,

sees how upset I feel

with this god-awful

weather. He informs

me . . . "What you

need is some . . .

. . . champagne."

I'm keeping him, 

make no mistake!

Who ever had

champagne at o'

dark thirty?!

12/03/2025

Methinks our 1st snow

of about an inch and the

second, couple of inches

don't even count!

Here in Evergreen we

got 6" - 8" depending on

location. It's scary out

there! We can see the

cars slipping and sliding

as they go by.

Now, back to my book . . .

12/02/2025

Yule cards, anyone?!

I printed out my little

message on the wrong

paper, alas! 'Twas either

laugh or cry so I laughed.

I like making the Yule 

post cards, just sending

a little message to those

I love. But, this wrong

paper . . . what a mess!

Methinks those who

love me will forgive me.

Can't do much at 175 to

help out Mother Earth,

but I make a real attempt

to recycle. And no, it's so

NOT about saving money.

Merriest of all Decembers.

And, good luck w/your

own Yule cards . . .

12/01/2025

"Lean into the slow days.

They're where your mind

softens and your heart

catches up." ~WWS

This so expresses how 

I feel about retirement.

Retirement has allowed 

me to finally slow down

and smell the roses, as

it were.

Looking back, methinks

we make a serious mistake

in racing through the days

we are given. I wish I had

taken more time, really

looked, really seen.

Now that I think about it,

the term rat race comes to

mind. An 'F' word perhaps?!

Can't help but wonder . . .

What was gained by running

rather than dancing?!